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    ACKEE

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

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

    Synonyms:

    ackee; akee

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting foods and drinks

    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)

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