ackee
noun [ C or U ] uk/ˈæk.i/ us/ˈæk.i/
阿开木;西非荔枝
a fruit similar in appearance to a large pear, which is popular in Jamaica cooked as a savoury (= not sweet) dish
Lunch was a plate of ackee and salt cod, a traditional Jamaican dish. 午餐是一盘阿开木煮咸鳕鱼，这是一道牙买加的传统菜肴。
Cooked, ackee looks and tastes like scrambled eggs. 煮熟的阿开木看起来和尝起来都像炒鸡蛋。
I made plantains and green bananas and sweet potatoes and ackees and callaloo all with a gravy and dumplings like I had in Jamaica. 我用大蕉、青香蕉、红薯、阿开木、苋菜和肉汁还有饺子一起做了一道菜，和我在牙买加吃过的一样。
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- He sells canned ackee, a product of Jamaica, in his store.
- Mangoes, pineapple, papaya, bananas, guava, coconuts, ackee, and plantains are just a few of the fruits eaten in Jamaica.
- The slowly cooked meat is then hacked from or “jerked” off the bones and eaten with rice and ackee.
- The pear-shaped fruit, which has large black seeds and yellow flesh, traditionally is prepared with dried cod to make Jamaica's national dish - ackee and saltfish - a meal made famous by a Harry Belafonte calypso song.