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GENUS ARTOCARPUS
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Evergreen Asiatic trees now grown through the tropics: breadfruit; jackfruit
Synonyms:
Artocarpus; genus Artocarpus
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genus Artocarpus" is a kind of...):
dicot genus; magnoliopsid genus (genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination)
Meronyms (members of "genus Artocarpus"):
Artocarpus altilis; Artocarpus communis; breadfruit; breadfruit tree (native to Pacific islands and having edible fruit with a texture like bread)
Artocarpus heterophyllus; jackfruit; jackfruit tree (East Indian tree cultivated for its immense edible fruit and seeds)
Artocarpus odoratissima; marang; marang tree (Philippine tree similar to the breadfruit tree bearing edible fruit)
Holonyms ("genus Artocarpus" is a member of...):
family Moraceae; Moraceae; mulberry family (trees or shrubs having a milky juice; in some classifications includes genus Cannabis)
