ackee
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a red fruit from West Africa and the Caribbean that is eaten as a vegetable and grows on an ackee tree. It is poisonous until it is ripe (=has grown to its full size and is ready to eat).
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a red fruit from West Africa and the Caribbean that is eaten as a vegetable and grows on an ackee tree. It is poisonous until it is ripe (=has grown to its full size and is ready to eat).
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a hard round fruit that is white inside and has a smooth green, yellow, or red skin, which is called peel when it has been removed. The middle part of the apple containing the seeds is called the core. Apples grow on apple trees.
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a fruit with green or black skin, a very large seed in the middle, and pale green flesh that does not taste sweet. It is usually eaten raw in salads.
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a small soft dark fruit that grows especially in Europe on a bush called a blackcurrant bush
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a large round fruit with a thick grey-green skin and sweet orange flesh. A cantaloupe is a type of melon.
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a soft fruit with purple or green skin and a lot of small seeds inside. It grows on a fig tree.
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a small green fruit with a sour taste that grows on a bush and can be cooked to make sweet foods
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a fruit like a large orange that is yellow on the outside, yellow or red inside, and has sour juice
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a soft fruit that has a green skin and a large hard seed inside. It grows on a tree and is a type of plum.
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a melon (=type of large round fruit) with yellow skin and sweet white or green flesh
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fruit with a hard yellow skin and sour juice. It grows on a lemon tree. Lemons are citrus fruits
another spelling of lychee
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a soft sweet tropical fruit with a red or green skin that is yellow inside and has a large hard seed in the middle
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a bright red cherry stored in maraschino and used as a decoration for drinks or cakes
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a large round fruit that has a hard green or yellow skin and soft orange, green, or white flesh inside
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a small black or green fruit that grows in Mediterranean countries and is eaten as food or used for its oil. It grows on an olive tree. A place where there are a lot of olive trees is called an olive grove.
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a round fruit that has a hard orange-coloured skin called peel, and that divides into parts called segments. It grows on an orange tree.
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a fruit with green and yellow skin that has soft, sweet orange flesh and small black seeds inside. It grows on trees in hot countries.
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a fruit with a furry yellowish-pink skin that is yellow inside and has a large hard seed. It grows on a peach tree.
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a fruit that is smaller towards the stem end, is white inside, and has yellow, green, or brown skin. It grows on a pear tree.
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a soft sweet fruit that looks like a large orange-coloured tomato and grows on a persimmon tree
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a large fruit that is yellow and juicy inside and has a thick yellow-brown skin with sharp points on it
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a type of banana (=long yellow fruit) used as a vegetable in cooking Caribbean and African foods
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a small round fruit with purple, red, or yellow skin and a large hard seed inside. It grows on a plum tree.
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a plant that grows in the desert, with a fruit that is covered with sharp needles, or the fruit of this plant
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a hard round fruit that looks like a yellow apple and can be eaten only when it is cooked. It is usually used for making jelly.
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a tropical fruit with soft yellow skin that is the shape of a star when you cut it in half
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a large round fruit that has a hard green skin outside and is red with small black seeds inside
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