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/ˈækiː/ · noun
A tropical evergreen tree, Blighia sapida, related to the lychee and longan..
The beautiful Akee (Blighia sapida), originally brought from the West Coast of Africa by slave ships, is now a common tree in the West Indies, and I noticed several fine specimens in Belize.
Delano and I are sprawled out under the ackee tree watching the black ants march from one rotten ackee pod to the next.
Ackee and saltfish is a traditional Jamaican dish.
The fleshy sacks that dangled down between his legs, like rotting ackees, wobbled.
Use ackee when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Ackee means A tropical evergreen tree, Blighia sapida, related to the lychee and longan..
Common synonyms include akee.
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The beautiful Akee (Blighia sapida), originally brought from the West Coast of Africa by slave ships, is now a common tree in the West Indies, and I noticed several fine specimens in Belize.
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