breadfruit
noun
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.
breadfruits
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pluralof breadfruit.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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And beyond the reef and beyond the blue, nestling among cocoanut trees and bananas, umbrella trees and breadfruits, oranges, mangoes, hibiscus, algaroba, and passion-flowers, almost hidden in the deep, dense greenery, was Honolulu.
From The Hawaiian Archipelago by Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy) Bird
To the west, a swift cold river ran down, and beyond was the green of the village, dotted with cocoa-palms and breadfruits and houses.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 17 (of 25) by Robert Louis Stevenson
To the west, a swift cold river ran down, and beyond was the green of the village, dotted with cocoa-palms and breadfruits and houses.
From Island Nights' Entertainments by Robert Louis Stevenson
It is in the counting of breadfruit only,202 4 breadfruits = 1 pona = 4.
From The Number Concept Its Origin and Development by Levi Leonard Conant
The natives were now coming up by dozens at a time, bringing with them, in great arm-loads, fallen cocoanuts and breadfruits, and branches of bananas, and large draggled clusters of half-ripe plantains.
From The Great Taboo by Grant Allen
