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Breadfruit
//ˈbɹɛdfɹuːt// noun
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Noun
- 1 An evergreen tree, Artocarpus altilis, native to islands of the east Indian Ocean and western Pacific Ocean.
"On our return we stopped at Mr. Wijeysakera's home, quaffed the juice of King Cocoanut, looked through his extensive grounds, and saw several kinds of palm, the breadfruit-tree, the jackfruit-tree, the nux-vomica-tree, pimento or allspice shrub, nutmeg-tree, pineapples of different varieties."
- 2 a large round seedless or seeded fruit with a texture like bread; eaten boiled or baked or roasted or ground into flour; the roasted seeds resemble chestnuts wordnet
- 3 The large round fruit of this tree.
- 4 native to Pacific islands and having edible fruit with a texture like bread wordnet
Etymology
Calque of translingual Artocarpus; by surface analysis, bread (calque of ἄρτος (ártos)) + fruit (calque of κᾰρπός (kărpós)).
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