Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The Artocarpus integrifolia, a native of the Indian archipelago. See
Artocarpus and breadfruit.
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Examples
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The Sloth Bear is also partial to mangos, sugar-cane, and the pods of the _amaltas_ or _cassia_ (_Cathartocarpus fistula_), and the fruit of the jack-tree (_Artocarpus integrifolia_).
Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon Robert Armitage Sterndale 1870
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One was built on the topmost branch of a young jack-tree about 40 feet high.
The Nests and Eggs of Indian Birds, Volume 1 Allan Octavian Hume 1870
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But there is a tree in Ceylon, still more curious than the jack-tree.
Far Off Favell Lee Mortimer 1840
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I once saw a man come to the proprietor of a jack-tree, [7] embrace his feet, and in the most piteous manner implore his protection.
Rambles and Recollections of an Indian Official William Sleeman 1822
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