Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of tropical trees, natural order Urticaceæ, tribe Artocarpeæ.
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- noun evergreen Asiatic trees now grown through the tropics: breadfruit; jackfruit
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Examples
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The jak trees (artocarpus incisa), near of kin to the bread-fruit, and the durion, flourish round all the dwellings.
The Golden Chersonese and the way thither Isabella Lucy 2004
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The sago pasty, the artocarpus bread, some mangoes, half a dozen pineapples, and the liquor fermented from some coco-nuts, overjoyed us.
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Malay nangca (_artocarpus integrifolia_) of the jack fruit family.
Through Central Borneo; an Account of Two Years' Travel in the Land of Head-Hunters Between the Years 1913 and 1917 Carl Lumholtz 1886
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The jak trees (artocarpus incisa), near of kin to the bread-fruit, and the durion, flourish round all the dwellings.
The Golden Chersonese and the Way Thither Isabella Lucy 1883
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The sago pasty, the artocarpus bread, some mangoes, half a dozen pineapples, and the liquor fermented from some coco-nuts, overjoyed us.
Vingt mille lieues sous les mers. English Jules Verne 1866
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Esperanza de la Laguna, very near the town of that name, in the gardens of which the artocarpus flourishes.
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Snow had been seen to fall also at Teneriffe, in a place lying above Esperanza de la Laguna, very near the town of that name, in the gardens of which the artocarpus flourishes.
Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 1 Alexander von Humboldt 1814
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[71] The breadfruit, which grows on the tree artocarpus incisa.
History of the Philippine Islands Antonio de Morga 1597
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