ACKEE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ackee mean? 

• ACKEE (noun)
  The noun ACKEE has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: ACKEE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ACKEE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Synonyms:

ackee; akee

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)