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Definition of Genus artocarpus
1. Noun. Evergreen Asiatic trees now grown through the tropics: breadfruit; jackfruit.
Generic synonyms: Dicot Genus, Magnoliopsid Genus
Group relationships: Family Moraceae, Moraceae, Mulberry Family
Member holonyms: Artocarpus Altilis, Artocarpus Communis, Breadfruit, Breadfruit Tree, Artocarpus Heterophyllus, Jackfruit, Jackfruit Tree, Artocarpus Odoratissima, Marang, Marang Tree
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Artocarpus
Literary usage of Genus artocarpus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Torreya by Torrey Botanical Club (1917)
"3 THE genus artocarpus IN THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS BY VAUGHAN ... The genus
Artocarpus*-—Greek for bread-fruit—is ..."
2. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1903)
"THE genus Artocarpus was first described in 1776 by G. and GJE Forster in the '
Characteres Generum Plantarum,' a work written as a result of their ..."
3. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1903)
"US DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. THE NAME OF THE BREADFRUIT. THE genus Artocarpus
was first described in 1776 by G. and GJ R Forster in the ' Characteres ..."
4. The Indigenous Trees of the Hawaiian Islands by Joseph Francis Charles Rock (1913)
"The genus Artocarpus consists of about 40 species distributed from Ceylon through
the Indian Archipelago to China. Of interest is Artocarpus ..."
5. Maryland Geological Survey by Maryland Geological Survey (1916)
"... in the genus Artocarpus and its allies also show many features of this fossil
species. Occurrence.—MAGOTHY FORMATION. Grove Point, Cecil County. ..."
6. Plant-geography Upon a Physiological Basis by Andreas Franz Wilhelm Schimper (1903)
"The Moraceae in the first place, with the genus Ficus with its numerous arboreous
and shrubby species, also with the genus Artocarpus, to which belong some ..."
7. Reports Dealing with the Systematic Geology and Paleontology of Maryland by Maryland Geological Survey (1916)
"... in the genus Artocarpus and its allies also show many features of this fossil
species. Occurrence.—MAGOTHY FORMATION. Grove Point, Cecil County. ..."
8. Pamphlets on Forestry in the Philippine Islands (1903)
"The flowers are very small, and are borne on very long, slender, spike-like,
flowering branches. Genus ARTOCARPUS ARTOCARPUS COMMUNIS Forst. (Figs. 13, 14). ..."
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