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breadfruit definition

bread·fruit (-fro̵̅o̅t′)

noun

  1. a tropical tree (Artocarpus altilis) of the mulberry family, with large, round, usually seedless fruit
  2. this fruit, with a starchy pulp, which resembles bread when baked

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