ARTOCARPUS


Meaning of ARTOCARPUS in English

ˌärd.əˈkärpəs noun

Etymology: New Latin, from arto- + -carpus

1. capitalized : a large genus of tall evergreen milky-juiced trees (family Moraceae) originally Asiatic but now grown throughout the tropics having large alternate entire or lobed leaves and flowers in catkinlike clusters with the pistillate ones in crowded heads that produce a multiple fleshy fruit

2. -es : a plant of the genus Artocarpus : breadfruit , jackfruit

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