breadfruit tree
11bread tree — Breadfruit Bread fruit , n. (Bot.) 1. The fruit of a tree ({Artocarpus incisa}) found in the islands of the Pacific, esp. the South Sea islands. It is of a roundish form, from four to six or seven inches in diameter, and, when baked, somewhat… …
12tree — treelike, adj. /tree/, n., v., treed, treeing. n. 1. a plant having a permanently woody main stem or trunk, ordinarily growing to a considerable height, and usually developing branches at some distance from the ground. 2. any of various shrubs,… …
13tree — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. plant, sapling, scrub, shrub, bush; timber; whiffletree; stake; gibbet, gallows; family tree, pedigree, lineage. See vegetable, ancestry. II (Roget s IV) n. Common types of trees include: ash, elm,… …
14breadfruit — /ˈbrɛdfrut / (say bredfrooht) noun 1. a large, round, starchy fruit yielded by the tree Artocarpus altilis, of the Pacific islands, etc., much used, baked or roasted, for food. 2. the tree bearing this fruit. 3. a. the fruit of various other… …
15breadfruit — bread•fruit [[t]ˈbrɛdˌfrut[/t]] n. 1) pln a large round starchy fruit borne by a tree, Artocarpus altilis, of the mulberry family, native to the Pacific islands: eaten baked or roasted 2) pln this tree itself • Etymology: 1690–1700 …
16breadfruit — n. 1 a tropical evergreen tree, Artocarpus altilis, bearing edible usu. seedless fruit. 2 the fruit of this tree which when roasted becomes soft like new bread …
17breadfruit — noun Date: 1697 a round starchy usually seedless fruit that resembles bread in color and texture when baked; also a tall tropical evergreen tree (Artocarpus altilis) of the mulberry family that bears this fruit …
18breadfruit — noun the large round starchy fruit of a tree (Artocarpus altilis) native to Pacific islands, used as a vegetable and to make a substitute for flour …
19fruit tree — noun tree bearing edible fruit (Freq. 1) • Hypernyms: ↑angiospermous tree, ↑flowering tree • Hyponyms: ↑custard apple, ↑custard apple tree, ↑avocado, ↑avocado tree …
20marang tree — n. (Bot.) A Philippine tree ({Artocarpus odoratissima}) similar to the breadfruit tree bearing edible fruit. Called also {marang}. [WordNet 1.5] …
