Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A tropical Asian tree (Artocarpus heterophyllus) having large edible fruits, unisexual flowers, and fine-grained durable wood.
- n. The fruit of this tree.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The fruit of the jack-tree.
Wiktionary
- n. A tree, scientific name Artocarpus heterophyllus, of the Moraceae family, which produces edible fruit.
- n. The large fruit from this tree.
WordNet 3.0
- n. East Indian tree cultivated for its immense edible fruit and seeds
- n. immense East Indian fruit resembling breadfruit; it contains an edible pulp and nutritious seeds that are commonly roasted
Etymologies
- From Portuguese jaca ("jackfruit"), from Malayalam ചക്ക (chakka). (Wiktionary)
- Portuguese jaca (from Malayalam cakkai) + fruit. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“One of the earliest descriptions of the jackfruit is to be found in the 16th century memoirs of the Mughal Emperor Babar, who was not much enamored of it:”
“The jackfruit is ugly and to some people is bad tasting.”
“Here, canned jackfruit is cooked into a quick and easy Green Jackfruit Curry by Sheela of Delectable Victuals.”
“The ripe jackfruit is good to eat; although with its distinct aroma, it is something of an acquired taste.”
“The jackfruit is a fairly rapid grower, reaching 58 ft (17.5 m) in height and 28 in (70 cm) around the trunk in 20 years in Ceylon.”
“Besides mulberry trees, the farm boasts a variety of fruit trees such as jackfruit, banana, papaya, starfruit, lime and others.”
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“This book looks great - trying to find relatively common fruits such as jackfruit or breadfruit fresh is tough enough.”
“He said the KVK laid thrust on income generation from locally available fruits such as jackfruit, fig, papaya, mango, etc., by utilising refined technologies.”
“The main commercial crop in the area is jackfruit, which is also the favourite food of thebears.”
“Environmentalists also fear that the radioactive waste generated in the nuclear plant could permeate the alluvial soil, stunting the local mango, cashew, rice and jackfruit plantations.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘jackfruit’.
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SCIE - EU nomenclature
All the scientific words found in the official EU nomenclature. For the screening I used Vocabgrabber of the Visual Thesaurus.
abdominal, absorbent, accelerator, accumulator, acebutolol, acetamide, acetanilide, acetate, acetic acid, acetone, acetous, acetyl and 1171 more...
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Exotic Fruits
List naming fruits found in foreign markets and lands that are seldom seen or heard of in America.
durian, ababai, cornelian cherry, sloe, ackee, Adam's fig, apple cactus, pitahaya, dragon fruit, pitaya, asam gelugor, tamarind and 347 more...
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IMCO - EU nomenclature
includes words of the "Prodcom list"
abaca, abdominal, abrasive, absorbent, absorber, accelerator, accessory, account book, accumulator, acebutolol, acetaldehyde, acetamide and 4515 more...
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Getting to Know Jack
jack-a-dandy, jack-in-the-box, jack-in-the-pulpit, jack-o-lantern, jack-of-all-trades, jack-tar, jack-up, jack a dandy, jack a lent, jack cheese, jack crevalle, jack frost and 26 more...
Tweets
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bilby Mmmm, jackfruit! May 24, 2011
frogapplause bilby: dried jackfruit here!
(I've never tasted it fresh or canned, just dried.) May 24, 2011