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jackfruit

[ jak-froot ]

noun

  1. 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.
  2. the fruit of this tree, which may weigh up to 70 pounds (32 kilograms).


jackfruit

/ ˈdʒækˌfruːt /

noun

  1. a tropical Asian moraceous tree, Artocarpus heterophyllus
  2. the edible fruit of this tree, which resembles breadfruit and can weigh up to 27 kilograms (60 pounds)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of jackfruit1

First recorded in 1810–20; jack 3 + fruit
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Word History and Origins

Origin of jackfruit1

C19: from Portuguese jaca , from Malayalam cakka
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Example Sentences

He has made it for countless dinner parties, sometimes adapting it to be vegan by using pulled jackfruit — as the recipe below suggests — instead of chicken.

Add the jackfruit or chicken, and simmer until warmed through, stirring occasionally.

This vinegary barbecue sauce is famed in Denver — and deserves to be everywhere else, tooOn opening day, a line of customers half a mile long waited for Sargent’s burnt ends and smoked jackfruit.

If you don’t eat meat, rub the adobo over halved portobellos or canned, drained jackfruit and then roast until they start to crisp.

Osage oranges are big, green, wrinkly monstrosities that look similar to a jackfruit.

Pirasúhun ang nangkà arun ibaligyà, Cut the jackfruit into pieces to sell it.

Angely and jackfruit (Artocarpus ovalifolia and integrifolia) are much subject to their ravages.

A rear garden was pleasant with jackfruit, mango, and plantain trees.

For dessert, mangoes or oranges with rice pudding, or jackfruit juice.

Cylindrical, eggshaped, jackfruit-like forms are quite common.

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