Definition of "breadfruit"

breadfruit

/ˈbɹedfɹuːt/

noun
plural breadfruits or breadfruit
1. An evergreen tree, Artocarpus altilis, native to islands of the east Indian Ocean and western Pacific Ocean.
  Quotations
  There is also a fine tract of guano, inland, where grow limes, oranges, breadfruit and mummy-apples.
  1929, Robert Dean Frisbee, The Book of Puka-Puka, Eland, published 2019, page 53
2. The large round fruit of this tree.