Definition of ackee in English:

ackee

(also akee)

noun

1A tropical West African tree which is cultivated for its fruit and has been introduced into the Caribbean and elsewhere.
- ‘Fond d' Or is a lush green wooded area with coconut trees, mangrove wetlands, wild sea grapes and ackee, known locally as zecak.’
- ‘Using flashlights to look outside, it seems as if part of the ackee tree has fallen down.’
1. 1.1mass noun The fruit of the ackee, which is eaten as a vegetable but is poisonous until fully ripe.
  ‘a tree full of ackees’
  mass noun ‘a dish of ackee’
  ‘If you ask Caucasians what regional foods they know or have tried, jerk meats, peas and rice, patties and ackee and saltfish are sure to be top responses.’
  ‘You can also get your saltfish with ackee, a combo referred to as Jamaica's national dish.’
  ‘The national dish in Jamaica is ackee and saltfish, but curried goat and rice, and fried fish and barnrny (a flat, baked cassava bread) are just as popular and delicious.’
  ‘I eat anything, and your ackee smells very inviting.’
  ‘I'm hoping to sample some traditional food such as jerk chicken, saltfish and ackee, plus keep an ear open for some new radio talent.’
  ‘The introduction of the ackee and the mango at the end of the eighteenth century did help to reduce this vitamin A deficiency.’
  ‘You can also get your saltfish with ackee, a combo that's often referred to as Jamaica's national dish.’
  ‘She went downstairs to be greeted by Gwen who was in the kitchen preparing ackee and saltfish with fried green plantains for breakfast.’
  ‘It encapsulates Jamaica's colonial past perfectly, as the fish (salted cod) would have been transported south in ships coming to collect sugar, while ackee, a savoury fruit, was introduced from West Africa.’
  ‘A Sunday brunch/feast of sausage & beans, ackee & saltfish and garlic crabs was put on and they had me licking my fingers and dying for more.’
  ‘She includes many Caribbean specialities, like souse, and ackee and saltfish, and the glowing photography, by Artie Colantuono, makes even something as plain as yam in butter sauce look like a long-awaited feast.’
  ‘Try the traditional breakfast of saltfish and ackee - far superior to bacon and eggs.’
  ‘At its simple best, Caribbean cuisine can be excellent: try conch chowder in the Bahamas, salt fish and ackee in Jamaica, fried plantain and barbecued shrimp just about anywhere.’
  ‘This spacious Jamaican restaurant has a wide-ranging menu that features the likes of cow foot, jerk chicken, ackee and salt fish, and cow-cod soup, but I was there to eat rotis.’
  ‘Local Carribean fruits - ackees, plums, guavas, sugar apples, and anything preserved by the Trinis’
  ‘The reader is introduced to tropical dishes like ackee and saltfish, thirst quenchers like rum punch and is entertained by reggae, calypso and a week long carnival celebration.’
  ‘After opening the can of Ackee, be sure to drain off the water that the ackee is packaged in.’
  ‘You can also tour the great house, have a Jamaican lunch of curry goat or ackee and salt fish, and take a swim in the pool.’
  ‘The streets were lined with jerk chicken barbecues, goat curry stands and Jamaican ackee and saltfish sellers.’
  ‘At Jake's we had crab and akee on toast, followed by kingfish in coconut cream, and wondered whether to make an appointment with the bicycling masseur Joshua Stein.’