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

Illustration of breadfruit

Examples of breadfruit in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Many hundreds of years ago, Hawaiians planted breadfruit, and the trees captured the spring water that flowed from the uplands, keeping the soil moist. —Julie Orringer, Travel + Leisure, 9 June 2026

The breakfast buffet at the hotel’s sit-down restaurant, Ave, offers an incredible spread with fun additions like Caribbean classic breadfruit and saltfish. —Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 June 2026

Visitors help the staff dig and build a traditional imu underground with volcanic rocks, banana stumps, ti leaves and burlap sacks, and then fill the pit with mea ʻai staples like kālua pork, chicken, taro, yams and breadfruit. —Joe Yogerst, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026

The storm takes its name from the goddess of nature and breadfruit on the island of Kosrae, which is located in the Federated States of Micronesia. —John P. Rafferty, Encyclopedia Britannica, 14 Apr. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1697, in the meaning defined above

Phrases Containing breadfruit

• Mexican breadfruit

Rhymes for breadfruit

• acute
• aleut
• astute
• beetroot
• cheroot
• commute
• compute
• confute
• dilute
• dispute
• elute
• grapefruit

Kids Definition

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