breadfruitnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈbred.fruːt/us/ˈbred.fruːt/plural breadfruita large, round tropical fruit that looks and feels like bread after it has been baked
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Types of fruit
- angelica
- apple
- avocado
- açaí
- banana
- currant
- damson
- dried fruit
- durian
- eating apple
- maraschino cherry
- melon
- mulberry
- navel orange
- nectarine
- satsuma plum
- sloe
- soft fruit
- starfruit
- strawberry
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Examples from literature
- Overhead three breadfruit trees interlaced their noble branches.
- So he went himself and climbed the breadfruit tree.
- There was plenty of breadfruit now that there were few people.
- To him, naturally, the first taste of breadfruit was pleasing.
- We were supplied with coconuts in great abundance but breadfruit was scarce.