ACKEE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

ackee; akee

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("ackee" is a kind of...):

edible fruit (edible reproductive body of a seed plant especially one having sweet flesh)

Holonyms ("ackee" is a part of...):

akee; akee tree; Blighia sapida (widely cultivated in tropical and subtropical regions for its fragrant flowers and colorful fruits; introduced in Jamaica by William Bligh)

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