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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: East Indian tree cultivated for its immense edible fruit and seeds [syn: jackfruit, jackfruit tree, Artocarpus heterophyllus]
2: immense East Indian fruit resembling breadfruit; it contains an edible pulp and nutritious seeds that are commonly roasted [syn: jackfruit, jak, jack]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: Portuguese jaca jackfruit, from Malayalam cakka Date: 1830 a large tropical Asian tree (Artocarpus heterophyllus) related to the breadfruit that yields a fine-grained yellow wood and immense fruits which contain an edible pulp and nutritious seeds; also its fruit

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 an East Indian tree, Artocarpus heterophyllus, bearing fruit resembling breadfruit. 2 this fruit. Etymology: Port. jaca f. Malayalam chakka + FRUIT