Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A large tree (Brosimum alicastrum) native to Mexico, Central America, and the West Indies, having yellow fruit with a large edible seed.
- noun The seed of this tree.
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- noun A tree, Brosimum alicastrum, native to Latin America
- noun The edible fruit of this tree
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Examples
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The Peroquia suddenly dominates as we continue into the garden surrounded by the same breadnut trees seen in so many Zocolas in all parts of Mexico.
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However, the few areas that still contain moist forest assemblages also termed "Tropical Evergreen Forest" are characterized by tall trees reaching up to 30 meters (m), where the dominant species are: Mayan breadnut (Brosimum alicastrum), sapodilla (Manilkara zapota), rosadillo (Celtis monoica), Bursera simaruba, Dendropanax arboreus, and Sideroxylon capiri.
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African breadnut (8); Zizyphus mauritiana, Indian jujube (8).
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On a recent trip to Malaysia, however, I learned from Dr. Lee Ming Yong at the Tenom Agricultural Experiment Station that they are able to V-graft breadfruit onto breadnut trees.
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Many a day breadnut save my belly from the pangs of hunger.
Barbados Underground 2009
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I have stressed that if I were to be reincarnated as a fruit or vegetable, I would return as a breadnut.
reesetee commented on the word breadnut
The round, yellow/brown fruit of the ramon, a member of the mulberry family. Breadnuts are roasted or boiled and are sometimes used as a substitute for bread.
July 25, 2007
hernesheir commented on the word breadnut
"Locate business and secure", in railway telegraphers' shorthand. --US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906.
January 21, 2013