ARTOCARPUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Artocarpus mean? 

• ARTOCARPUS (noun)
  The noun ARTOCARPUS has 1 sense:

1. evergreen Asiatic trees now grown through the tropics: breadfruit; jackfruit

  Familiarity information: ARTOCARPUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ARTOCARPUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Evergreen Asiatic trees now grown through the tropics: breadfruit; jackfruit

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Artocarpus; genus Artocarpus

Hypernyms ("Artocarpus" is a kind of...):

dicot genus; magnoliopsid genus (genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination)

Meronyms (members of "Artocarpus"):

Artocarpus altilis; Artocarpus communis; breadfruit; breadfruit tree (native to Pacific islands and having edible fruit with a texture like bread)

Artocarpus heterophyllus; jackfruit; jackfruit tree (East Indian tree cultivated for its immense edible fruit and seeds)

Artocarpus odoratissima; marang; marang tree (Philippine tree similar to the breadfruit tree bearing edible fruit)

Holonyms ("Artocarpus" is a member of...):

family Moraceae; Moraceae; mulberry family (trees or shrubs having a milky juice; in some classifications includes genus Cannabis)