JACKFRUIT TREE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does jackfruit tree mean? 

• JACKFRUIT TREE (noun)
  The noun JACKFRUIT TREE has 1 sense:

1. East Indian tree cultivated for its immense edible fruit and seeds

  Familiarity information: JACKFRUIT TREE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• JACKFRUIT TREE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

East Indian tree cultivated for its immense edible fruit and seeds

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Artocarpus heterophyllus; jackfruit; jackfruit tree

Hypernyms ("jackfruit tree" is a kind of...):

fruit tree (tree bearing edible fruit)

Meronyms (parts of "jackfruit tree"):

jack; jackfruit; jak (immense East Indian fruit resembling breadfruit; it contains an edible pulp and nutritious seeds that are commonly roasted)

Holonyms ("jackfruit tree" is a member of...):

Artocarpus; genus Artocarpus (evergreen Asiatic trees now grown through the tropics: breadfruit; jackfruit)