Ackee

//ˈækiː// noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A tropical evergreen tree, Blighia sapida, related to the lychee and longan. countable, uncountable

    "The beautiful Akee (Blighia sapida), originally brought from the West Coast of Africa by slave ships, is now a common tree in the West Indies, and I noticed several fine specimens in Belize."

  2. 2
    red pear-shaped tropical fruit with poisonous seeds; flesh is poisonous when unripe or overripe wordnet
  3. 3
    The fruit of the tree, of which only the arils are edible, the remainder being poisonous. countable, uncountable

    "Ackee and saltfish is a traditional Jamaican dish."

Synonyms

All synonyms
akee

Example

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"Unripe ackee fruit, and the rind and seeds of ripe fruit, are never safe to eat because they can contain dangerous amounts of hypoglycin A."

Etymology

From Akan akye.

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