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noun
A high-quality white raw silk from Zhejiang, China, produced mostly for export.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: taysaam
Antonyms: none provided
History
Borrowed from Cantonese 七里 (cat1 lei5, literally “seven li”), a placename.
