breadfruit (n.)

  1. native to Pacific islands and having edible fruit with a texture like bread

    [ Syn: breadfruit tree , artocarpus communis , artocarpus altilis ]

  2. 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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