breadfruit

noun

1. native to Pacific islands and having edible fruit with a texture like bread

   noun.plant

   Synonyms artocarpus altilis artocarpus communis breadfruit tree

   Source: WordNet 3.0

2. a large round seedless or seeded fruit with a texture like bread; eaten boiled or baked or roasted or ground into flour; the roasted seeds resemble chestnuts

   noun.food

   Source: WordNet 3.0

3. The fruit of a tree (<i>Artocarpus incisa</i>) found in the islands of the Pacific, esp. the South Sea islands. It is of a roundish form, from four to six or seven inches in diameter, and, when baked, somewhat resembles bread, and is eaten as food, whence the name.

   noun

   Source: webster1913