BREADFRUIT TREE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does breadfruit tree mean? 

• BREADFRUIT TREE (noun)
  The noun BREADFRUIT TREE has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: BREADFRUIT TREE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BREADFRUIT TREE (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 tree" is a kind of...):

fruit tree (tree bearing edible fruit)

Meronyms (parts of "breadfruit tree"):

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 tree" is a member of...):

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