Breadfruit

Definitions

1. An evergreen tree, Artocarpus altilis, native to islands of the east Indian Ocean and western Pacific Ocean.
2. The large round fruit of this tree.

Equivalents

Examples

“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.”

“There is also a fine tract of guano, inland, where grow⟳ limes, oranges, breadfruit and mummy-apples.”

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