单词 | breadnut |
释义 | breadnutn. 1. The small fleshy orange fruit of a large tropical evergreen tree native to Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean, Brosimum alicastrum (family Moraceae), containing a single large seed eaten boiled, roasted, or ground into flour; the seed of this fruit. Also: the tree itself. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > edible nuts or nut-trees > [noun] > other nuts walnut1553 sisyrinchium1629 Indian almond1685 breadnut?1740 peanut1794 sapucaia-nut1820 musk1827 breadnut1828 singhara1834 musk tree1835 wild chestnut1854 urucuri1860 nut palm1889 peanut1904 the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > fruit or a fruit > nut > [noun] > other nuts mani1604 nuciprune1682 breadnut?1740 buckeye1785 mockernut1804 breadnut1828 philopena1839 nutlet1848 Barcelona nut1851 buffalo-nut1857 urucuri1860 Queensland nut1870 ?1740 Importance Jamaica to Great-Brit. 53 The Berry or Bread-Nut, when ripe, is sweet and luscious. 1756 P. Browne Civil & Nat. Hist. Jamaica ii. ii. 372 Bread-Nuts... The fruit, boiled with salt fish,..has been frequently the support of the negroes. 1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. I. 171/2 Its pale-yellow heads of flowers are succeeded by round yellow fruits, about an inch in diameter, and containing a single seed, called Bread-nut in Jamaica. 1979 Amer. Antiq. 44 104 Locally available plants would have included the breadnut or ramon (Brosimum alicastrum), which was certainly known to the later Maya. 2018 @_xoxoDede 13 Oct. in twitter.com (accessed 12 Mar. 2019) That pan of breadnut on the stove go finish by tonight when I dive in. 2. A variety of the breadfruit Artocarpus altilis (family Moraceae), native to New Guinea, Indonesia, and the Philippines, having large spiny yellow-green fruits with numerous edible seeds that are roasted, canned, or made into flour or oil. Also: the fruit or seeds of this tree. Also called seeded breadfruit.This plant is occasionally classified as A. camansi. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > edible nuts or nut-trees > [noun] > other nuts walnut1553 sisyrinchium1629 Indian almond1685 breadnut?1740 peanut1794 sapucaia-nut1820 musk1827 breadnut1828 singhara1834 musk tree1835 wild chestnut1854 urucuri1860 nut palm1889 peanut1904 the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > fruit or a fruit > nut > [noun] > other nuts mani1604 nuciprune1682 breadnut?1740 buckeye1785 mockernut1804 breadnut1828 philopena1839 nutlet1848 Barcelona nut1851 buffalo-nut1857 urucuri1860 Queensland nut1870 1828 Curtis's Bot. Mag. 55 2869 Artocarpus incisa, α. (Bread Nut). 1935 Science 27 Dec. 615/2 Though most of the breadfruits are seedless, other varieties have large starchy seeds that are boiled or roasted... The seeded breadfruits are called ‘breadnuts’. 1993 J. J. Darley Trop. Fruit 75 It has been suggested that breadnuts, and the similar jackfruit seeds, could solve many of the common nutritional deficiencies in tropical regions. 2016 R. Blancke Trop. Fruits World i. 35/1 The breadnut, grown for its edible fruits and seeds and as a shade tree, requires a humid, tropical climate. Compounds breadnut tree n. either of two trees producing breadnuts, Brosimum alicastrum and Artocarpus altilis. ΚΠ ?1740 Importance Jamaica to Great-Brit. 53 The Bread-Nut Tree..is a hard Wood of a whitish Colour, and grows very large. 1826 C. R. Williams Tour Island Jamaica 40 In cases of drought, the cattle are fed with the leaves of the bread-nut tree and the ramoon. 1970 World Archaeol. 2 194 A significant association of Breadnut trees (Brosimum alicastrum) with house ruins indicates that each household had growing a number of such trees. 2006 D. Ragone in C. R. Elevitch Trad. Trees Pacific Islands 102 (caption) A mature breadnut tree can produce as many as 600–800 fruits per year. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.?1740 |
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