| Noun | 1. | jackfruit tree - East Indian tree cultivated for its immense edible fruit and seedsjak, jackfruit, jack - immense East Indian fruit resembling breadfruit; it contains an edible pulp and nutritious seeds that are commonly roasted Artocarpus, genus Artocarpus - evergreen Asiatic trees now grown through the tropics: breadfruit; jackfruit fruit tree - tree bearing edible fruit |