jackfruit
Americannoun
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jackfruits
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a large, tropical, milky-juiced tree, Artocarpus heterophyllus, of the mulberry family, having stiff and glossy green leaves, cultivated for its very large, edible fruit and seeds.
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the fruit of this tree, which may weigh up to 70 pounds (32 kilograms).
noun
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a tropical Asian moraceous tree, Artocarpus heterophyllus
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the edible fruit of this tree, which resembles breadfruit and can weigh up to 27 kilograms (60 pounds)
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To create the biomaterial, the scientists manually collected latex from freshly harvested jackfruit and carefully purified it.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 19, 2026
The Asante exiles in Seychelles lived in "Ashanti Town", on an old sugar plantation, Le Rocher, on the main island Mahé, overlooking the ocean and surrounded by coconut, mango, breadfruit, orange and jackfruit trees.
From BBC ● Nov. 26, 2024
“There’s fruits, jackfruit and durian, these look like ‘Avatar’ fruits,’” Mulaney joked.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2024
It’s a two-story brick building flanked by avocado and jackfruit trees in the quiet Kampala neighborhood of Bunga.
From New York Times ● Oct. 20, 2022
The jeepney will circle the neighborhood while selling halo-halo, a sweet concoction of ice, milk, red beans, tapioca pearls, jackfruit, and coconut flesh—with even sweeter condensed milk drizzled on to stir in.
From "The House That Lou Built" by Mae Respicio
The over-the-top price tag has shocked Twitter users, with many joking they would fly to Britain to become "multimillionaires" by selling jackfruits.
From BBC ● Feb. 24, 2022
The soldiers were already close by, having followed a trail of discarded coconut meat and jackfruits that, they say, the Burnhams themselves may have dropped to help the pursuit.
From Time Magazine Archive
The seller of jackfruits was holding Bibi’s head, which struggled to toss from side to side.
From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri
It was there, while she was standing in a shopping arcade surveying jackfruits and persimmons, that she felt something tugging on the free end of her sari.
From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri
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