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Breadfruit

noun

Native to Pacific islands and having edible fruit with a texture like bread. Synonyms: Artocarpus altilis, Artocarpus communis, breadfruit tree.

A large round seedless or seeded fruit with a texture like bread; eaten boiled or baked or roasted or ground into flour; the roasted seeds resemble chestnuts.

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"Breadfruit" Quotes from Famous Books

... heard of O-why-hee, anyway—where they barbecued Captain Cook? And likewise of Captain Bligh of the Bounty—Breadfruit Bligh, as they call him to this day? Well, Bligh, as you know, took the Bounty out to the Islands under Government orders to collect breadfruit, the notion being that it could be planted in the West Indies and grown at a profit. When he came to grief and ...

— The Mayor of Troy • Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch

Words linked to "Breadfruit" : fruit tree, Artocarpus communis, Artocarpus altilis, genus Artocarpus, Artocarpus, edible fruit