Breadfruit are large round fruit that grow on trees in the Pacific Islands and in tropical parts of America and that, when baked, look and feel like bread.
breadfruit in British English
(ˈbrɛdˌfruːt)
nounWord forms: plural-fruits or -fruit
1.
a moraceous tree, Artocarpus communis (or A. altilis), of the Pacific Islands, having large round edible starchy usually seedless, fruit
2.
the fruit of this tree, which is eaten baked or roasted and has a texture like bread
breadfruit in American English
(ˈbrɛdˌfrut)
noun
1.
a tropical tree (Artocarpus altilis) of the mulberry family, with large, round, usually seedless fruit
2.
this fruit, with a starchy pulp, which resembles bread when baked