ackee
ackee definition
ackee (ak′ē, a kē′)
noun
- a W African tree (Blighia sapida) of the soapberry family, widely grown in the tropics
- its fruit, poisonous if not ripe, and containing large, black seeds with fleshy, white arils
- a dish made by cooking these arils: often combined with salted cod, as in Jamaica
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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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