breadfruit
a large, round, starchy fruit borne by a tree, Artocarpus altilis, of the mulberry family, native to the Pacific islands, used, baked or roasted, for food.
the tree bearing this fruit.
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How to use breadfruit in a sentence
These include breadfruit, banana, and rubber trees, whose canopies shade the cocoa trees.
The breadfruit is so well known and described that to attempt a new account of it would be unnecessary and useless.
A Voyage to the South Sea | William BlighThe breadfruit trees are planted, and flourish with great luxuriance, on rising grounds.
A Voyage to the South Sea | William BlighWe then went across the beach and through a walk delightfully shaded with breadfruit trees to his own house.
A Voyage to the South Sea | William BlighOn arriving at the landing-place I saw a large quantity of breadfruit with some hogs ready dressed and a quantity of cloth.
A Voyage to the South Sea | William Bligh
In this division they keep a small interval called Tawa in which they do not use the breadfruit.
A Voyage to the South Sea | William Bligh
British Dictionary definitions for breadfruit
/ (ˈbrɛdˌfruːt) /
a moraceous tree, Artocarpus communis (or A. altilis), of the Pacific Islands, having large round edible starchy usually seedless, fruit
the fruit of this tree, which is eaten baked or roasted and has a texture like bread
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