JACKFRUIT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does jackfruit mean? 

• JACKFRUIT (noun)
  The noun JACKFRUIT has 2 senses:

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

2. immense East Indian fruit resembling breadfruit; it contains an edible pulp and nutritious seeds that are commonly roasted

  Familiarity information: JACKFRUIT used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• JACKFRUIT (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" is a kind of...):

fruit tree (tree bearing edible fruit)

Meronyms (parts of "jackfruit"):

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

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

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

Sense 2

Meaning:

Immense East Indian fruit resembling breadfruit; it contains an edible pulp and nutritious seeds that are commonly roasted

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Synonyms:

jack; jackfruit; jak

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

edible fruit (edible reproductive body of a seed plant especially one having sweet flesh)

Holonyms ("jackfruit" is a part of...):

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