Akee

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  • noun. A tropical western African evergreen tree (Blighia sapida) having leathery red-and-yellow fruits. It is naturalized and cultivated in the tropics and in Florida.
  • noun. The edible, fleshy, ripe aril of this tree, especially popular as a food in Jamaica. The seeds and unripe arils are poisonous.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The Cupania (Blighia) sapida, natural order Sapindaceæ, a native of Guinea, whence it was carried by Captain Bligh to Jamaica in 1793, and thence disseminated over the West Indies and South America.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. a tree (Blighia sapida) widely cultivated in tropical and subtropical regions for its fragrant flowers and colorful fruits; introduced in Jamaica by Captain Bligh of the HMS Bounty.
  • noun. red pear-shaped tropical fruit with poisonous seeds; the flesh is poisonous when unripe or overripe.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A tropical evergreen tree, Blighia sapida, related to the lychee and longan.
  • noun. The fruit of the ackee, of which only the arils are edible, the remainder being poisonous.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. red pear-shaped tropical fruit with poisonous seeds; flesh is poisonous when unripe or overripe
  • noun. widely cultivated in tropical and subtropical regions for its fragrant flowers and colorful fruits; introduced in Jamaica by William Bligh
  • Word Usage
    "The gallery forests are dominated by Cynometra vogelii; the patches of dense dry forest by Isoberlinia doka, Anogeissus leiocarpus, Cola cordifolia, Antiaris africana, which is nationally threatened, Chlorophora excelsa (VU), and the edible akee Blighia unijugata."
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