» artocarpus
Noun (1 meaning)
1. evergreen Asiatic trees now grown through the tropics: breadfruit; jackfruit.
artocarpus is a type of:
- dicot genus, magnoliopsid genus (noun) - genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination
artocarpus is a member of:
- Moraceae, family Moraceae, mulberry family (noun) - trees or shrubs having a milky juice
members of artocarpus:
- breadfruit, breadfruit tree, Artocarpus communis, Artocarpus altilis (noun) - native to Pacific islands and having edible fruit with a texture like bread
- jackfruit, jackfruit tree, Artocarpus heterophyllus (noun) - East Indian tree cultivated for its immense edible fruit and seeds
- marang, marang tree, Artocarpus odoratissima (noun) - Philippine tree similar to the breadfruit tree bearing edible fruit