jackfruit

• jack fruit, jack-fruit

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

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jackfruit (plural jackfruits or jackfruit)

2. A tree, Artocarpus heterophyllus, of the Moraceae family, which produces edible fruit.
4. The large fruit from this tree.

• (fruit): jack (obsolete)
• (tree): jackfruit tree

• jackwood

• Jackfruit tree with fruit

jackfruit m (plural jackfruits)

1. jackfruit