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akee

1 9.9

An evergreen tree in tropical regions that has flowers and red fruits people cook and eat

noun
/əˈki/

: akee

In the market, I found some ripe akee that I planned to cook for dinner.

Examples

The chef prepared a delicious dish using fresh akee from his garden in Jamaica.
She also brought a fruit called akee, which she said she used to eat from trees in Haiti, and it tasted fine to me, but she said akee can never be eaten before it's opened, or before it's ripe, because it makes your brain swell up and you can die.

Fiction book (2000)
To make the traditional dish, ensure that the akee is fully ripe and properly prepared before eating.

Synonyms

akee tree

vsakee

1 9.9

A tropical tree with red fruit that can make you sick unless fully ripe

is eaten only after careful preparation to remove toxins

Blighia sapida

vsakee

Specialized

1 9.9

A tropical tree from West Africa that has sweet-smelling flowers and edible fruit called ackee

is focused on its use as food after safe preparation

Compounds

akee tree

1 9.9

A tropical tree with red fruit that can make you sick unless fully ripe

Surface Forms

akee singular

akees plural

Etymology

Akee for the tree also comes from the same West African word, 'akye', because people used the same name for the tree and its fruit. That's why English calls the evergreen tree akee, the plant that produces the red fruit used in Jamaican cooking when it is prepared safely.