ackee

Definition of Ackee in English :

1. ackee, akee

red pear-shaped tropical fruit with poisonous seeds; flesh is poisonous when unripe or overripe

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Ackee

noun

1.

a.

a sapindaceous tree, Blighia sapida, native to tropical Africa and cultivated in the Caribbean for its fruit, edible when cooked

b.

the red pear-shaped fruit of this tree

2.

a sapindaceous tree, Melicoccus bijugatus, that grows on some Caribbean islands and is valued for its timber and edible fruit

3.

the green tough-skinned berry of this tree

noun

1.

a W African tree (Blighia sapida) of the soapberry family, widely grown in the tropics

2.

its fruit, poisonous if not ripe, and containing large, black seeds with fleshy, white arils

3.

a dish made by cooking these arils: often combined with salted cod, as in Jamaica

n.

Variant of akee.