Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Variant of akee.
Wiktionary
- n. Variant form of akee.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. red pear-shaped tropical fruit with poisonous seeds; its flesh is poisonous when unripe or overripe.
WordNet 3.0
- n. red pear-shaped tropical fruit with poisonous seeds; flesh is poisonous when unripe or overripe
Examples
“The ackee is the crazy fruit pictured above, related somewhat to lychee nuts, and to eat it requires taking out the poisonous big black seeds and de-veining the “bready” sections.”
“Discover the secrets behind the island's jerk spices, and learn how to prepare exotic fruits such as ackee and traditional dishes like 'Run Down' during the interactive culinary session.”
“I can tell you for sure that the jerk chicken, the ackee, and the conch dishes in Jamaica are the VERY best on the planet.”
“New Year's Eve is my favorite because we are treated to saltfish (cod fish) and ackee with dumplings (fried biscuits) and yams (white) and boiled green bananas for breakfast.”
The Huffington Post: Trina Sargalski: Festive Sorrel Wine for the Holidays
“Fully plump, after indulging in a complete Jamaican breakfast on the plane: ackee, saltfish, coco-bread and plantain chips something I would definitely not recommend before doing on-camera work at a lingerie show, I landed in Kingston ready to "dutty wiiine" it up--or at least relax and make a quick stop at the delectable Manley Airport veggie juice bar for a healthy detox.”
The Huffington Post: Chie Davis: Kingston Lingerie and Swimwear Fashion Show
“I interviewed Bre at NYC Resistor last month, after we went on a fruitless search for restaurants in Brooklyn that serve saltfish and ackee.”
“So name your poison: fugu, ackee, pokeweed, casu marzu, Amanita mushrooms, naga jolokia, or Los Angeles danger dogs.”
“But after a delicious traditional breakfast of fresh ackee and salt fish at the hotel's Patois Patio restaurant, my keenness to explore the wider area got the better of me and I booked a horse ride on a trail half an hour's drive up the coast.”
The Huffington Post: Richard Powell: Jamaica: A Dreadfully Good Getaway
“Or order the ackee and saltfish, served with festivals (fried bread) and callaloo ($16), or because it's the season, the curry lobster roll ($18).”
“Spanish Court Hotel - The tasty Jamaki Roll (sushi with local-smoked marlin and ackee) in the lobby restaurant is a must.”
The Huffington Post: Dwight Brown: Good Reasons to Come Back to Jamaican Hotels & Resorts
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘ackee’.
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Exotic Fruits
List naming fruits found in foreign markets and lands that are seldom seen or heard of in America.
durian, ababai, cornelian cherry, sloe, ackee, Adam's fig, apple cactus, pitahaya, dragon fruit, pitaya, asam gelugor, tamarind and 347 more...
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Trees!
mahogany, sequoia, balsa, sandalwood, tamarind, balsam, eucalyptus, birch, willow, buttonwood, evergreen, loblolly and 501 more...
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looked up
Words I've come across while reading and looked up in the dictionary.
deesis, pendentive, revetment, aedicule, stemma, patera, ephod, entrepot, corbel, exedra, volute, archivolt and 1408 more...
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Jamaica
irie, duppy, saltfish, ackee, callaloo, boonoonoonoos, jonga, pissabed, iniquity, quackoo, ruinate, braata and 28 more...
Tweets
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knitandpurl " "Mmm," said Ryan, who was happily shoveling a plate of ackee and saltfish into his mouth on the other side of the tiny kitchen table."
White Teeth by Zadie Smith, p 33 of the Vintage International paperback Jan 19, 2011
hernesheir Also achee, akee, vegetable brains, and vegetable egg. The cooked pulp of this Caribbean fruit looks and tastes like scrambled eggs and so is paired with other ingredients, like salt cod in Jamaica. Only the yellow pulp of ripe ackees is edible. Beware: Eating under-ripe ackees that haven't opened on their own, or eating the pink portion of ripe ackees, can cause vomiting and death. May 11, 2010
sarra sal'fish and Oct 20, 2009
bilby Blighia sapida, named after Captain Bligh of The Bounty fame. Oct 20, 2009