Breadfruit

//ˈbɹɛdfɹuːt// noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 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. 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. 3
    The large round fruit of this tree.
  4. 4
    native to Pacific islands and having edible fruit with a texture like bread wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
breadfruit treeartocarpus altilisartocarpus communis

Example

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"My teacher cooked a delicious dish of roast breadfruit and shared it with the class."

Etymology

Calque of translingual Artocarpus; by surface analysis, bread (calque of ἄρτος (ártos)) + fruit (calque of κᾰρπός (kărpós)).

Related phrases

African breadfruit (Artocarpus treculianus and Treculia africanaMexican breadfruitfalse breadfruithighland breadfruitseeded breadfruitartocarpus altilisindian oceanpacific ocean

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