- jackfruit tree
- nounEast Indian tree cultivated for its immense edible fruit and seeds• Syn: ↑jackfruit, ↑Artocarpus heterophyllus• Hypernyms: ↑fruit tree• Member Holonyms: ↑Artocarpus, ↑genus Artocarpus
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Jackfruit — tree with fruit Scientific classification Kingdom: Pla … Wikipedia
jackfruit — UK [ˈdʒækˌfruːt] / US [ˈdʒækˌfrut] noun Word forms jackfruit : singular jackfruit plural jackfruits a) [countable] a large tree that produces large fruit and grows mainly in tropical parts of Asia b) [countable/uncountable] a piece of fruit from… … English dictionary
jackfruit — jack|fruit [ dʒæk,frut ] noun count a large tree that produces large fruit and grows mainly in tropical parts of Asia a. count or uncount a piece of fruit from the jackfruit tree … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
jackfruit — n. large tropical Asian tree that looks like a breadfruit; huge edible fruit of the jackfruit tree … English contemporary dictionary
Tree — /tree/, n. Sir Herbert Beerbohm /bear bohm/, (Herbert Beerbohm), 1853 1917, English actor and theater manager; brother of Max Beerbohm. * * * I Woody perennial plant. Most trees have a single self supporting trunk containing woody tissues, and in … Universalium
jackfruit — [jak′fro͞ot΄] n. [ JACK + FRUIT] 1. an East Indian tree (Artocarpus integrifolia) of the mulberry family, like the breadfruit 2. its large, heavy fruit, containing edible seeds 3. its yellow, fine grained wood … English World dictionary
jackfruit — /jak frooht /, n. 1. a large, tropical, milky juiced tree, Artocarpus heterophyllus, of the mulberry family, having stiff and glossy green leaves, cultivated for its very large, edible fruit and seeds. 2. the fruit of this tree, which may weigh… … Universalium
tree — treelike, adj. /tree/, n., v., treed, treeing. n. 1. a plant having a permanently woody main stem or trunk, ordinarily growing to a considerable height, and usually developing branches at some distance from the ground. 2. any of various shrubs,… … Universalium
jackfruit — noun Etymology: Portuguese jaca jackfruit, from Malayalam cakka Date: 1830 a large tropical Asian tree (Artocarpus heterophyllus) related to the breadfruit that yields a fine grained yellow wood and immense fruits which contain an edible pulp and … New Collegiate Dictionary
jackfruit — noun a) A tree, scientific name Artocarpus heterophyllus, of the Moraceae family, which produces edible fruit. b) The large fruit from this tree. See Also: jackwood … Wiktionary
