breadfruit
EnglishEdit
Fruit of Artocarpus altilis
EtymologyEdit
bread + fruit, from the texture of the fruit.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
breadfruit (plural breadfruits or breadfruit)
- An evergreen tree, Artocarpus altilis, native to islands of the east Indian Ocean and western Pacific Ocean.
- 1929, Robert Dean Frisbee, The Book of Puka-Puka (republished by Eland, 2019; p. 53):
- There is also a fine tract of guano, inland, where grow limes, oranges, breadfruit and mummy-apples.
- 1929, Robert Dean Frisbee, The Book of Puka-Puka (republished by Eland, 2019; p. 53):
- The large round fruit of this tree.
SynonymsEdit
- (tree): breadfruit tree
Derived termsEdit
- African breadfruit (Artocarpus treculianus and Treculia africana
- highland breadfruit (Ficus dammaropsis)
- Mexican breadfruit (Monstera deliciosa)
- seeded breadfruit (Artocarpus altilis)
TranslationsEdit
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Further readingEdit
- breadfruit on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Artocarpus altilis on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Artocarpus altilis on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons