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Definition of Breadfruit tree
1. Noun. Native to Pacific islands and having edible fruit with a texture like bread.
Terms within: Breadfruit
Group relationships: Artocarpus, Genus Artocarpus
Generic synonyms: Fruit Tree
Lexicographical Neighbors of Breadfruit Tree
Literary usage of Breadfruit tree
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Plant World by Plant World Association, Wild Flower Preservation Society (U.S.), Wild Flower Preservation Society of America (1905)
"Cocoanut palms and banana trees were everywhere, as also the mango, and the
handsome breadfruit tree. We learned to recognize the alligator pear, ..."
2. Under Heaven's Brow: Pre-Christian Religious Tradition in Chuuk by Ward Hunt Goodenough (2002)
"Instead of a breadfruit tree, they might select a Calophyllum or other tree with
a large and suitable trunk (Krämer 1932:242). According to Bollig (1927:72) ..."
3. Trukese-English Dictionary =: Pwpwuken Tettenin Fóós, Chuuk-Ingenes by Ward Hunt Goodenough, Hiroshi Sugita (1990)
"general term for breadfruit, breadfruit tree (Artocarpus ... a breadfruit tree
summoner as the special tree for that has been selected by a breadfruit ..."
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