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  • noun Alternative spelling of jackfruit.

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Examples

  • But now jakfruit, canistel, rollinia, black sapote, yellow passion fruit, abiu and inga are big favorites with the local people.

    4: Multipurpose trees 1996

  • Arriving at Bonnieland, a colonial hilltop cottage with a wild garden of pepper, coffee, sugar, jakfruit and a family of mango-stealing rock squirrels, I was greeted like family by my hosts, the Sri Lankan former tea estate boss Viren de Mel, and his glamorous Finnish wife Sinnika.

    Travel news, travel guides and reviews | guardian.co.uk 2009

  • Arriving at Bonnieland, a colonial hilltop cottage with a wild garden of pepper, coffee, sugar, jakfruit and a family of mango-stealing rock squirrels, I was greeted like family by my hosts, the Sri Lankan former tea estate boss Viren de Mel, and his glamorous Finnish wife Sinnika.

    The Guardian World News 2009

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