kwai muk

English

Kwai muk fruits

Etymology

Borrowed from Cantonese 桂木 (gwai3 muk6).

Noun

kwai muk (plural kwai muks)

1. a species of plant (Artocarpus parvus) endemic to South-East Asia and China
   • 2016 July 15, Rolf Blancke, Tropical Fruits and Other Edible Plants of the World: An Illustrated Guide‎^[1], Cornell University Press, →ISBN, page 28:

     The Kwai muk is native to southern China, where it grows wild in Kwangtung Province, on Hainan Island, and in Hong Kong.

2. the fruit of this plant

Further reading

• Artocarpus parvus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia