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A mile-long trail snakes through the largest collection of breadfruit-tree varieties in the world.
Off the Grid 2009
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Below the canopy, where Torbiong could command the boat from an elaborately carved throne of breadfruit-tree wood, were the engine and rudder controls, radio, audio, and video sets, a collection of large audio speakers, a depth finder, a satellite navigation relay, and radar.
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The breadfruit-tree grows wild, but it is also cultivated.
Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania Jewett Castello Gilson
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The houses, a few of which are built of stone, are roofed either with red tiles or thatch, and are shaded from the heat of the sun by thick groves of trees; among which the breadfruit-tree, the Jaca, and
Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia Performed between the years 1818 and 1822 — Volume 1 Phillip Parker King
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In some parts of Fiji the navel-string of a male infant is planted together with a coco-nut or the slip of a breadfruit-tree, and the childs life is supposed to be intimately connected with that of the tree.
Chapter 67. The External Soul in Folk-Custom. § 2. The External Soul in Plants 1922
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In some parts of Fiji the navel-string of a male infant is planted together with a coco-nut or the slip of a breadfruit-tree, and the child's life is supposed to be intimately connected with that of the tree.
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We were struck by the superb breadth and immense height of a breadfruit-tree the shadows of which fell over
Mystic Isles of the South Seas. Frederick O'Brien 1900
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The Mutiny of the Bounty, perhaps the most romantic incident of these South Seas, was the result of an effort to transport breadfruit-tree shoots from
Mystic Isles of the South Seas. Frederick O'Brien 1900
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The veranda was living-room and dining-room; raised ten feet from the earth on breadfruit-tree pillars placed on stone, it provided a roof for his forge, for his saddle-and-bridle room, and for the small kitchen.
White Shadows in the South Seas Frederick O'Brien 1900
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The craft was dubbed out of a breadfruit-tree trunk, and had an outrigger of purau wood, a natural crooked arm, with a small limb laced to it.
Mystic Isles of the South Seas. Frederick O'Brien 1900
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