bread treen.

Brit.

/ˈbrɛd triː/, U.S.

/ˈbrɛd ˌtri/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: bread n., tree n.

Etymology: < bread n. + tree n.In the specific South African use (e.g. in quot. 1786) after South African Dutch broodboom (late 18th cent. or earlier in this sense; Afrikaans broodboom).

Either of two cycads of the genus Encephalartos (family Zamiaceae), E. altensteinii and E. longifolius, which are native to South Africa and contain starchy pith used to produce a breadlike food. Also more widely: any of various trees having nuts, fruit, pith, etc., used as a source of food. Occasionally with distinguishing word. Kaffir bread tree, St John's bread tree: see the first element.

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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular fruit-tree or -plant > [noun] > tropical or exotic fruit-tree or -plant > names applied to various types

Indian plum1636

bread tree1640

pear tree1696

pine1696

wild mango1813

1640 J. Parkinson Theatrum Botanicum Last Tribe cxxiii. 1646 Marcus Polus Venetus recordeth a more strange bread tree growing in the kingdome of Fanfur, whose trunke two men could scarse fadome.

1786 G. Forster tr. A. Sparrman Voy. Cape Good Hope (ed. 2) I. 346 On a height..grew the bread-tree (brood-boom) of the Hottentots, discovered by Professor Thunberg, and of which he has given a description and a drawing by the name of the Cycas Caffra.

1787 Compl. Herbal I. 110 (title) The Indian Bread-tree... The fœcula of the pith or marrow of the tree granulated, is what is called sago.

1834 T. Pringle Afr. Sketches vi. 204 The Hottentot bread-tree, a species of palm,..produces a sort of fruit, which I was told the natives pound into a paste and eat roasted.

1977 E. Palmer Field Guide to Trees 64 Bread Tree, Encephalartos altensteinii... Eastern Cape, from Bushman's River..eastwards and northwards to southern Natal border, coastal bush and forest.

2017 Indian Country Aug. 54/1 We called it [sc. the chestnut] ‘The Bread Tree’ because we ground the nuts and used it as flour for breadmaking.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2020; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	bread tree
释义	bread treen. Brit. /ˈbrɛd triː/, U.S. /ˈbrɛd ˌtri/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: bread n., tree n. Etymology: < bread n. + tree n.In the specific South African use (e.g. in quot. 1786) after South African Dutch broodboom (late 18th cent. or earlier in this sense; Afrikaans broodboom). Either of two cycads of the genus Encephalartos (family Zamiaceae), E. altensteinii and E. longifolius, which are native to South Africa and contain starchy pith used to produce a breadlike food. Also more widely: any of various trees having nuts, fruit, pith, etc., used as a source of food. Occasionally with distinguishing word. Kaffir bread tree, St John's bread tree: see the first element. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular fruit-tree or -plant > [noun] > tropical or exotic fruit-tree or -plant > names applied to various types Indian plum1636 bread tree1640 pear tree1696 pine1696 wild mango1813 1640 J. Parkinson Theatrum Botanicum Last Tribe cxxiii. 1646 Marcus Polus Venetus recordeth a more strange bread tree growing in the kingdome of Fanfur, whose trunke two men could scarse fadome. 1786 G. Forster tr. A. Sparrman Voy. Cape Good Hope (ed. 2) I. 346 On a height..grew the bread-tree (brood-boom) of the Hottentots, discovered by Professor Thunberg, and of which he has given a description and a drawing by the name of the Cycas Caffra. 1787 Compl. Herbal I. 110 (title) The Indian Bread-tree... The fœcula of the pith or marrow of the tree granulated, is what is called sago. 1834 T. Pringle Afr. Sketches vi. 204 The Hottentot bread-tree, a species of palm,..produces a sort of fruit, which I was told the natives pound into a paste and eat roasted. 1977 E. Palmer Field Guide to Trees 64 Bread Tree, Encephalartos altensteinii... Eastern Cape, from Bushman's River..eastwards and northwards to southern Natal border, coastal bush and forest. 2017 Indian Country Aug. 54/1 We called it [sc. the chestnut] ‘The Bread Tree’ because we ground the nuts and used it as flour for breadmaking. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2020; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1640
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