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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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The plantations originally grew only coffee, but farmers—many of them now Native Hawaiians—have recently started to restore native biodiversity, growing coffee among lush undergrowth in the shade of massive native fruit trees, including ‘Ulu or breadfruit.
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Bysandeep Ravindran, science.org, 24 Oct. 2024
During a period known as the Cretaceous Thermal Maximum, for instance, around ninety million years ago, breadfruit trees grew on Greenland, and a rain forest thrived on Antarctica.
—Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2024
So Mike designed a solar dehydrator to dry breadfruit, which can then be ground into flour.
—Richard Schiffman, WIRED, 11 Sep. 2024
Jackfruit Jackfruit, related to breadfruit, grows in many tropical regions, including South Florida and Hawaii.
—Johna Burdeos, Health, 6 Aug. 2024
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Bysandeep Ravindran, science.org, 24 Oct. 2024
During a period known as the Cretaceous Thermal Maximum, for instance, around ninety million years ago, breadfruit trees grew on Greenland, and a rain forest thrived on Antarctica.
—Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2024
So Mike designed a solar dehydrator to dry breadfruit, which can then be ground into flour.
—Richard Schiffman, WIRED, 11 Sep. 2024
Jackfruit Jackfruit, related to breadfruit, grows in many tropical regions, including South Florida and Hawaii.
—Johna Burdeos, Health, 6 Aug. 2024
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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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