[f. mod.L. artocarp-us bread-fruit tree (f. Gr. ἄρτο-ς bread + καρπός fruit) + -AD 1 d.] A tree belonging to the Artocarpaceæ, Artocarpeæ, or Bread-fruit group. Artocarpeous, Artocarpous a., of or pertaining to this group.
1834. Penny Cycl., II. 421. Like all other Artocarpeous plants, this exudes … a viscid milky juice.
1846. Lindley, Veg. Kingd., 270. The old Urticaceous order should be … regarded as an Alliance, of which the Artocarpads form one of the Orders.
