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jackfruit

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See also: jack fruit and jack-fruit

English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From jack (“jackfruit”), from Portuguese jaca (“jackfruit”), from Malayalam ചക്ക (cakka) / Tamil சக்கை (cakkai), + fruit.[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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jackfruit (plural jackfruits or jackfruit)

  2. A tree, Artocarpus heterophyllus, of the Moraceae family, which produces edible fruit.
    • 1882, De Robigne Mortimer Bennett, A Truth Seeker Around the World: From Bombay to Hong Kong, D. M. Bennett, page 371:
      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.
  4. The large fruit from this tree.
    • 1891, Crozet, Henry Ling Roth, James R. Boosé, Crozet's Voyage to Tasmania, New Zealand, the Ladrone Islands, and the Philippines in the Years 1771-1772, Truslove & Shirley, page 87:
      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.
    • 2020 May 19, Lisa Drayer, “How to eat less meat and more plants”, in CNN‎[1]:
      Some fun meatless recipes include jackfruit sandwiches in place of pulled pork; black bean meatless balls or eggplant and shiitake “meatballs.”

Synonyms

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Translations

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  • Jackfruit tree with fruit
    Jackfruit tree with fruit

References

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  1. ^ “jackfruit, n.”, in OED Online Paid subscription required⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

Dutch

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Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈdʒɛkˌfruːt/
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  • Hyphenation: jack‧fruit

Noun

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jackfruit m (plural jackfruits, no diminutive)

  1. jackfruit (a tree, Artocarpus heterophyllus, of the Moraceae family, which produces edible fruit)
    Synonyms: nangka, nangkaboom
  2. jackfruit (the large fruit from this tree)
    Synonym: nangka

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Spanish

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Noun

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jackfruit m (plural jackfruits)

  1. jackfruit
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