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breadfruit
noun
bread·fruit
ˈbred-ˌfrüt 
plural breadfruits also breadfruit
: 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 see also mexican breadfruit
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Of course, there were some people and communities who grew breadfruit and like breadfruit and ate breadfruit.
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Stephanie Hanes, The Christian Science Monitor, 17 July 2023
Finding a roadside breadfruit tree is like spending a moment in Eden.
—Zoë Schlanger, The Atlantic, 28 Mar. 2024
Low lighting protects the turtles, and the menu offers only seasonal choices, including gluten-free breadfruit pancakes that promise to be the next Manhattan superfood craze, with chocolate nib tapenade as a sweet treat.
—Catherine Fairweather, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Mar. 2024
The food depicted on the table includes African rice, breadfruit, catfish, chicken, cocoa, custard apple and soursop.
—Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Feb. 2024
Tobago's exotic produce is the foundation of specialties found everywhere, like hearty coconut bake, fragrant crab and dumplings, and comforting breadfruit and stewed dasheen.
—Dominic Kocur, theweek, 22 Jan. 2024
How about Brazilian pizza, breadfruit or buckwheat?
—Amanda Yeager, Baltimore Sun, 3 Jan. 2024
Today, the estate is flourishing, with almost four acres of plantains, breadfruit, coffee, cacao, grapefruit, avocado, and chayote squash, plus flocks of chickens and ducks.
—Kathleen Squires, Travel + Leisure, 25 Nov. 2023
The volunteers working to save Lahaina’s breadfruit have dug down to extract viable root matter.
—Ed Komenda and Audrey McAvoy, The Christian Science Monitor, 19 Oct. 2023
Stephanie Hanes, The Christian Science Monitor, 17 July 2023
Finding a roadside breadfruit tree is like spending a moment in Eden.
—Zoë Schlanger, The Atlantic, 28 Mar. 2024
Low lighting protects the turtles, and the menu offers only seasonal choices, including gluten-free breadfruit pancakes that promise to be the next Manhattan superfood craze, with chocolate nib tapenade as a sweet treat.
—Catherine Fairweather, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Mar. 2024
The food depicted on the table includes African rice, breadfruit, catfish, chicken, cocoa, custard apple and soursop.
—Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Feb. 2024
Tobago's exotic produce is the foundation of specialties found everywhere, like hearty coconut bake, fragrant crab and dumplings, and comforting breadfruit and stewed dasheen.
—Dominic Kocur, theweek, 22 Jan. 2024
How about Brazilian pizza, breadfruit or buckwheat?
—Amanda Yeager, Baltimore Sun, 3 Jan. 2024
Today, the estate is flourishing, with almost four acres of plantains, breadfruit, coffee, cacao, grapefruit, avocado, and chayote squash, plus flocks of chickens and ducks.
—Kathleen Squires, Travel + Leisure, 25 Nov. 2023
The volunteers working to save Lahaina’s breadfruit have dug down to extract viable root matter.
—Ed Komenda and Audrey McAvoy, The Christian Science Monitor, 19 Oct. 2023
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breadfruit
noun
bread·fruit
-ˌfrüt
: a round usually seedless fruit that resembles bread in color and texture when baked
also
: a tall tropical tree that is related to the mulberries and bears this fruit
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