Main Entry: ackee

Variant(s): also akee \ˈa-ˌkē, a-ˈkē\

Function: noun

Etymology: origin unknown

Date: 1794

: the fruit of an African tree (Blighia sapida) of the soapberry family grown in the Caribbean area, Florida, and Hawaii for its white or yellowish fleshy aril that is edible when ripe but is poisonous when immature or overripe and that has a toxic pink raphe attaching the aril to the seed; also : the tree