breadfruit tree — noun native to Pacific islands and having edible fruit with a texture like bread • Syn: ↑breadfruit, ↑Artocarpus communis, ↑Artocarpus altilis • Hypernyms: ↑fruit tree • Member Holonyms: ↑Artocarpus, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
BREADFRUIT-TREE — a South Sea island tree producing a fruit which, when roasted, is used as bread … The Nuttall Encyclopaedia
Breadfruit — Bread fruit , n. (Bot.) 1. The fruit of a tree ({Artocarpus incisa}) found in the islands of the Pacific, esp. the South Sea islands. It is of a roundish form, from four to six or seven inches in diameter, and, when baked, somewhat resembles… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Breadfruit — Taxobox name = Breadfruit image width = 240px image caption = Breadfruit cultivated on Hawai i Island regnum = Plantae phylum = Magnoliophyta classis = Magnoliopsida ordo = Rosales familia = Moraceae genus = Artocarpus species = A. altilis… … Wikipedia
breadfruit — /bred frooht /, n. 1. a large, round, starchy fruit borne by a tree, Artocarpus altilis, of the mulberry family, native to the Pacific islands, used, baked or roasted, for food. 2. the tree bearing this fruit. [1690 1700; BREAD + FRUIT] * * *… … Universalium
breadfruit — noun a) An evergreen tree, Artocarpus altilis, native to islands of the east Indian Ocean and western Pacific Ocean. b) The large round fruit of this tree. Syn: breadfruit tree … Wiktionary
Tree — /tree/, n. Sir Herbert Beerbohm /bear bohm/, (Herbert Beerbohm), 1853 1917, English actor and theater manager; brother of Max Beerbohm. * * * I Woody perennial plant. Most trees have a single self supporting trunk containing woody tissues, and in … Universalium
breadfruit — ► NOUN ▪ a large round starchy fruit of a tropical tree, used as a vegetable and to make a substitute for flour … English terms dictionary
breadfruit — [bred′fro͞ot΄] n. 1. a tropical tree (Artocarpus altilis) of the mulberry family, with large, round, usually seedless fruit 2. this fruit, with a starchy pulp, which resembles bread when baked … English World dictionary
bread tree — Breadfruit Bread fruit , n. (Bot.) 1. The fruit of a tree ({Artocarpus incisa}) found in the islands of the Pacific, esp. the South Sea islands. It is of a roundish form, from four to six or seven inches in diameter, and, when baked, somewhat… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
