breadfruit
English
Etymology
From bread + fruit, from the texture of the fruit.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbɹɛdfɹuːt/
Audio (US): (file)
Noun
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, Eland, published 2019, page 53:
- There is also a fine tract of guano, inland, where grow limes, oranges, breadfruit and mummy-apples.
- The large round fruit of this tree.
Synonyms
- (tree): breadfruit tree
Derived terms
- African breadfruit (Artocarpus treculianus and Treculia africana
- false breadfruit (Monstera deliciosa)
- highland breadfruit (Ficus dammaropsis)
- Mexican breadfruit (Monstera deliciosa)
- seeded breadfruit (Artocarpus altilis)
Translations
tree
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fruit
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Further reading
- breadfruit on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Artocarpus altilis on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Category:Artocarpus altilis on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons