jackfruit
- n East Indian tree cultivated for its immense edible fruit and seeds
- n immense East Indian fruit resembling breadfruit; it contains an edible pulp and nutritious seeds that are commonly roasted
- But here, inside, Rajapaksa seems more like a down-to-earth family patriarch, nourished as much by the red rice, jackfruit curry and spicy fried fish as by the praise and demands .
- A 20-year army veteran, he has built a two-room wooden shack for himself and his family of eight, and planted rice, bananas, jackfruit and vegetables.
- Asked what he missed most from earlier times, the village chief replied: "The jackfruit trees and the bamboo.