BREADFRUIT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does breadfruit mean? 

• BREADFRUIT (noun)
  The noun BREADFRUIT has 2 senses:

1. native to Pacific islands and having edible fruit with a texture like bread

2. a large round seedless or seeded fruit with a texture like bread; eaten boiled or baked or roasted or ground into flour; the roasted seeds resemble chestnuts

  Familiarity information: BREADFRUIT used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BREADFRUIT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Native to Pacific islands and having edible fruit with a texture like bread

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Artocarpus altilis; Artocarpus communis; breadfruit; breadfruit tree

Hypernyms ("breadfruit" is a kind of...):

fruit tree (tree bearing edible fruit)

Meronyms (parts of "breadfruit"):

breadfruit (a large round seedless or seeded fruit with a texture like bread; eaten boiled or baked or roasted or ground into flour; the roasted seeds resemble chestnuts)

Holonyms ("breadfruit" is a member of...):

Artocarpus; genus Artocarpus (evergreen Asiatic trees now grown through the tropics: breadfruit; jackfruit)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A large round seedless or seeded fruit with a texture like bread; eaten boiled or baked or roasted or ground into flour; the roasted seeds resemble chestnuts

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("breadfruit" is a kind of...):

edible fruit (edible reproductive body of a seed plant especially one having sweet flesh)

Holonyms ("breadfruit" is a part of...):

Artocarpus altilis; Artocarpus communis; breadfruit; breadfruit tree (native to Pacific islands and having edible fruit with a texture like bread)