breadfruit
noun/ˈbɹɛdfɹuːt/
Etymology Calque of taxonomic name Artocarpus; by surface analysis, bread (calque of ἄρτος (ártos)) + fruit (calque of κᾰρπός (kărpós)).
1
Any of species Artocarpus altilis of evergreen trees, native to islands of the east Indian Ocean and western Pacific Ocean.
- On our return we stopped at Mr. Wijeysakera's home, quaffed the juice of King Cocoanut, looked through his extensive grounds, and saw several kinds of palm, the breadfruit-tree, the jackfruit-tree, the nux-vomica-tree, pimento or allspice shrub, nutmeg-tree, pineapples of different varieties.1882, De Robigne Mortimer Bennett, A Truth Seeker Around the World: From Bombay to Hong Kong, D. M. Bennett, page 371:
- There is also a fine tract of guano, inland, where grow limes, oranges, breadfruit and mummy-apples.1929, Robert Dean Frisbee, The Book of Puka-Puka, Eland, published 2019, page 53:
2
The large round fruit of this tree.
- Synonyms
- breadfruit tree
- Derived terms
- African breadfruit (Artocarpus treculianus and Treculia africana, false breadfruit, highland breadfruit, Mexican breadfruit, seeded breadfruit