breadfruit tree
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- noun
- /ˈbrɛdˌfruːt triː/
:
árbol de fruta del pan
- The breadfruit tree is known for its large, starchy fruit that can be cooked to a bread-like texture.
Examples
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The breadfruit trees hung heavily here, and the stench of their spattered fruit filled the girl's nostrils.
Fiction book (1990) -
We went back to sit under the breadfruit tree, Ma Chottie and me.
Fiction book (1993) -
Ma Chottie was sitting under a breadfruit tree with her eyes closed tightly.
Fiction book (1993) -
He looked sidelong at the breadfruit tree, then up at the helicopter.
Fiction book (1999) -
After lunch every day, we would lie in a hammock that was tied under the breadfruit tree, and I would read the Bible to her while she pretended to sleep.
Fiction book (1993) -
She kept her loa stone on an altar at the base of a breadfruit tree on a white porcelain plate.
Fiction book (1991) -
To live for one more minute, we must breathe and thus exploit the economic object, 'air.' Polynesian islanders exploit the breadfruit tree, the palm leaves, and the fish in the sea; they make use of these items for their own purposes.
Blog text (32) -
Under the shade of the breadfruit tree, we enjoyed a lunch of fresh fruit from its branches.
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Many farmers cultivate the breadfruit tree for its nutritious fruit, which is a staple in many Pacific diets.
Synonyms
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A tree that grows fruit you can eat
A tropical tree that produces large starchy fruit called breadfruit
A tropical tree with large starchy fruit like bread
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Morphology
The meaning 'a tree that produces breadfruit' is directly and compositionally derived from combining 'breadfruit' (the tropical starchy fruit) with 'tree' (a perennial plant). This noun–noun compounding follows a common modifier+head pattern found across languages, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily understand the MWE.
Etymology
Breadfruit tree is named for its fruit because the breadfruit is large and starchy and, when cooked, becomes soft and tastes 'like bread', so the tree that makes it was called a breadfruit tree.