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JACKFRUIT

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Immense East Indian fruit resembling breadfruit; it contains an edible pulp and nutritious seeds that are commonly roasted

Synonyms:

jack; jackfruit; jak

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("jackfruit" is a kind of...):

edible fruit (edible reproductive body of a seed plant especially one having sweet flesh)

Holonyms ("jackfruit" is a part of...):

Artocarpus heterophyllus; jackfruit; jackfruit tree (East Indian tree cultivated for its immense edible fruit and seeds)

Sense 2

Meaning:

East Indian tree cultivated for its immense edible fruit and seeds

Synonyms:

Artocarpus heterophyllus; jackfruit; jackfruit tree

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("jackfruit" is a kind of...):

fruit tree (tree bearing edible fruit)

Meronyms (parts of "jackfruit"):

jack; jackfruit; jak (immense East Indian fruit resembling breadfruit; it contains an edible pulp and nutritious seeds that are commonly roasted)

Holonyms ("jackfruit" is a member of...):

Artocarpus; genus Artocarpus (evergreen Asiatic trees now grown through the tropics: breadfruit; jackfruit)

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