Ăr'/to-eăr'pus, n.

n. [Gr. ἄρτος, bread, and καρπός, fruit.] (Bot.) The bread fruit tree, a genus of plants belonging to the nat. ord. Urticaceæ, sub-order Artocarpeæ. Many species, some of which yield valuable timber, are found in the forests of Bengal and Malabar; but the most important species are the A. incisa, or true bread-fruit, and A. integrifolia, or jack-fruit.