Definition of "breadfruit tree" []

• Native to Pacific islands and having edible fruit with a texture like bread (noun)

WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

• "In the wood we saw specimens of the various trees and shrubs, and flowers of the island, including those already noticed in Mr. Inglis's garden, and the breadfruit tree and sugar-cane, and a beautiful bright flower of scarlet colour, a convolvulus, larger than any I had ever seen elsewhere; also a tree bearing a very beautiful yellow flower."