jackfruit

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A tree, Artocarpus heterophyllus, of the Moraceae family, which produces edible fruit.
    — On our return we stopped at Mr. Wijeysakera's home, quaffed the juice of King Cocoanut, looked through his extensive grounds, and saw several kinds of palm, the breadfruit-tree, the jackfruit-tree, the nux-vomica-tree, pimento or allspice shrub, nutmeg-tree, pineapples of different varieties.
  2. The large fruit from this tree.
    — The fruit grows on the branches from the axil of the leaves, and attains the size of a cantaloupe melon, but more oval, and generally eight to ten inches long; it has a stalk proportioned to its size, and exactly resembles the jackfruit, which is known to all those who have journeyed to the Indies.

词形变化

jackfruits plural jackfruit plural jakfruit alternative jack fruit alternative jack-fruit alternative

词汇关系

近义词
jackfruit tree
相关词
jackwood

词源

From jack (“jackfruit”), from Portuguese jaca (“jackfruit”), from Malayalam ചക്ക (cakka) / Tamil சக்கை (cakkai), + fruit.
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