| 释义 |
ackee, akee|ˈækiː|
[Native name.]
The fruit of the tropical sapindaceous tree Blighia sapida; the tree itself.
1794A. Broughton Hortus Eastensis 11 The Akee [from] Africa [presented by] Dr. Tho. Clarke, 1778. 1866Treas. Bot. Blighia..consists of only one species, B. sapida, which produces the Akee fruit. 1890H. T. Thomas Untrodden Jamaica 12 The scarlet blots of the ackee. 1916Nature 1 June 286/1 Dr. Scott..concludes that vomiting sickness, so prevalent in that island [sc. Jamaica], is due to poisoning by ackee fruit, Blighia sapida. 1956J. Hearne Stranger at Gate xix. 151 He chewed the..salty, shredded fish and smooth, yellow gobbets of ackee. |