kwai muk

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Cantonese 桂木 (gwai3 muk6).

Noun

kwai muk (plural kwai muks)

  1. a species of plant (Artocarpus parvus) endemic to South-East Asia and China
    • 2016 July 15, Rolf Blancke, Tropical Fruits and Other Edible Plants of the World: An Illustrated Guide‎[1], Cornell University Press, →ISBN, page 28:
      The Kwai muk is native to southern China, where it grows wild in Kwangtung Province, on Hainan Island, and in Hong Kong.
  2. the fruit of this plant

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