breadfruit
/ˈbɹɛdfɹuːt/
breadfruit noun: any member of the species Artocarpus altilis of evergreen trees, native to islands of the east Indian Ocean and western Pacific Ocean.
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Noun
breadfruit (plural breadfruits or breadfruit)
- Any member of the 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
- The large round fruit of this tree.
- Synonyms:
- breadfruit tree
breadfruit meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Kannada
breadfruit in Hindi
- fruit
- कटहल kaṭhal
breadfruit in Tamil
- சீமைப்பலா, ஈரப்பலா என்றும் அழைப்பார்கள், தென்கடல் பகுதியின் மரவகை
breadfruit in Marathi
- fruit
- नीरफणस nīraphṇas
breadfruit in Kannada
- tree
- ದಿವಿಹಲಸು divihalasu
- fruit
- ದಿವಿಹಲಸು divihalasu
More languagesFewer languages
- breadfruit in Gujarati
- નીરફણસ nīraphṇas
- breadfruit in Sanskrit
- पनस panasa
- breadfruit in Tagalog
- rimas, kamansi
- breadfruit in Arabic
- خُبْزِيَّة ḵubziyya, شَجَرَة الخُبْز
- breadfruit in Malay
- pokok sukun, pohon sukun, pokok kulur, pohon kulur
- breadfruit in Indonesian
- pohon sukun, sukun
- breadfruit in Thai
- สาเก sǎa-gee
- breadfruit in Vietnamese
- cây sa kê, quả sa kê, trái sa kê
- breadfruit in Myanmar
- ပေါင်မုန့်သီး paungmun.si:
Synonyms of breadfruit
- breadfruit tree
Forms of breadfruit
| plural | breadfruits |
|---|---|
| plural | breadfruit |
Origin of breadfruit
Calque of taxonomic name Artocarpus; by surface analysis, bread (calque of ἄρτος (ártos)) + fruit (calque of κᾰρπός (kărpós)).
Words formed from breadfruit
- African breadfruit (Artocarpus treculianus and Treculia africana
- false breadfruit
- highland breadfruit
- Mexican breadfruit
- seeded breadfruit
Questions about breadfruit
- What does breadfruit mean?
- Breadfruit means any member of the species Artocarpus altilis of evergreen trees, native to islands of the east Indian Ocean and western Pacific Ocean.
- What is breadfruit in Hindi?
- Breadfruit in Hindi is कटहल (kaṭhal). See Breadfruit meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is breadfruit?
- Breadfruit is a noun.
- How do you pronounce breadfruit?
- Breadfruit is pronounced /ˈbɹɛdfɹuːt/.
- What is the plural of breadfruit?
- The plural of breadfruit is breadfruits.
Words near breadfruit in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: breadfruit (page history and authors); breadfruit (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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