jackfruit, jak, jack
(noun) immense East Indian fruit resembling breadfruit; it contains an edible pulp and nutritious seeds that are commonly roasted
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Jak
(rare) Alternative form of Jack (male given name)
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jak (plural jaks)
Alternative form of jack (“the tree Mangifera caesia”)
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Source: Wiktionary
Jak, n. (Bot.)
Definition: see Ils Jack.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
19 November 2024
(noun) bushy plant of Old World salt marshes and sea beaches having prickly leaves; burned to produce a crude soda ash
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
