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/ˈbɹɛdfɹuːt/ · noun
An evergreen tree, Artocarpus altilis, native to islands of the east Indian Ocean and western Pacific Ocean..
On our return we stopped at Mr. Wijeysakera's home, quaffed the juice of King Cocoanut, looked through his extensive grounds, and saw several kinds of palm, the breadfruit-tree, the jackfruit-tree, the nux-vomica-tree, pimento or allspice shrub, nutmeg-tree, pineapples of different varieties.
There is also a fine tract of guano, inland, where grow limes, oranges, breadfruit and mummy-apples.
Use breadfruit when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Breadfruit means An evergreen tree, Artocarpus altilis, native to islands of the east Indian Ocean and western Pacific Ocean..
Common synonyms include breadfruit tree, artocarpus altilis, artocarpus communis.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
On our return we stopped at Mr. Wijeysakera's home, quaffed the juice of King Cocoanut, looked through his extensive grounds, and saw several kinds of palm, the breadfruit-tree, the jackfruit-tree, the nux-vomica-tree, pimento or allspice shrub, nutmeg-tree, pineapples of different varieties.
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