breadnut

Definitions


[], (Noun)

Definitions:
- The small fleshy orange fruit of a large tropical evergreen tree native to Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean, Brosimum alicastrum (family Moraceae), containing a single large seed eaten boiled, roasted, or ground into flour; the seed of this fruit.

- A variety of the breadfruit Artocarpus altilis (family Moraceae), native to New Guinea, Indonesia, and the Philippines, having large spiny yellow-green fruits with numerous edible seeds that are roasted, canned, or made into flour or oil.


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Origin:
mid 18th century; earliest use found in Importance Jamaica to Great-Britain. From bread + nut




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