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[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/Breadfruit_Tree.jpg/220px-Breadfruit_Tree.jpg)
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Etymology
[edit]From bread + fruit, from the texture of the fruit.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]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
[edit]- (tree): breadfruit tree
Derived terms
[edit]- African breadfruit (Artocarpus treculianus and Treculia africana
- highland breadfruit (Ficus dammaropsis)
- Mexican breadfruit (Monstera deliciosa)
- seeded breadfruit (Artocarpus altilis)
Translations
[edit]tree
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fruit
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Further reading
[edit]breadfruit on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Artocarpus altilis on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Artocarpus altilis on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
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