breadfruit

[ bred-froot ]

noun

1. 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.
2. the tree bearing this fruit.

breadfruit

/ ˈbrɛdˌfruːt /

noun

1. a moraceous tree, Artocarpus communis (or A. altilis ), of the Pacific Islands, having large round edible starchy usually seedless, fruit
2. the fruit of this tree, which is eaten baked or roasted and has a texture like bread

Word History and Origins

Origin of breadfruit¹

First recorded in 1690–1700; bread + fruit

Example Sentences

Jungles of waxy green—breadfruit and ironwood, pandanus and palm.

From Outside Online

These include breadfruit, banana, and rubber trees, whose canopies shade the cocoa trees.

From The Daily Beast

The Breadfruit is so well known and described that to attempt a new account of it would be unnecessary and useless.

From Project Gutenberg

The breadfruit trees are planted, and flourish with great luxuriance, on rising grounds.

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We then went across the beach and through a walk delightfully shaded with breadfruit trees to his own house.

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On arriving at the landing-place I saw a large quantity of breadfruit with some hogs ready dressed and a quantity of cloth.

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In this division they keep a small interval called Tawa in which they do not use the breadfruit.

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