Definition of Breadfroit
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 bread, and is eaten as food, whence the
name.
2. (Bot.) The tree itself, which is one of
considerable size, with large, lobed leaves. Cloth is made from the bark,
and the timber is used for many purposes. Called also breadfruit
tree and bread tree.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- An evergreen tree, Artocarpus altilis, native to islands of the east Indian Ocean and western Pacific Ocean.
- The large round fruit of this tree.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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