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breadfruit

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English

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Artocarpus altilis
Fruit of Artocarpus altilis

Etymology

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Calque of translingual Artocarpus; by surface analysis, bread (calque of ἄρτος (ártos)) +‎ fruit (calque of κᾰρπός (kărpós)).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈbɹɛdfɹuːt/
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Noun

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breadfruit (plural breadfruits or breadfruit)

  1. An evergreen tree, Artocarpus altilis, native to islands of the east Indian Ocean and western Pacific Ocean.
    • 1882, De Robigne Mortimer Bennett, A Truth Seeker Around the World: From Bombay to Hong Kong, D. M. Bennett, page 371:
      On our return we stopped at Mr. Wijeysakera's home, quaffed the juice of King Cocoanut, looked through his extensive grounds, and saw several kinds of palm, the breadfruit-tree, the jackfruit-tree, the nux-vomica-tree, pimento or allspice shrub, nutmeg-tree, pineapples of different varieties.
    • 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.
  2. The large round fruit of this tree.

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