sapodilla Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun large tropical American evergreen yielding chicle gum and edible fruit; sometimes placed in genus Achras
    sapodilla tree; Achras zapota; Manilkara zapota.
  2. noun tropical fruit with a rough brownish skin and very sweet brownish pulp
    sapota; sapodilla plum.

WordNet

Sap`o*dil"la noun
Etymology
Sp. zapote, sapotillo, zapotillo, Mexican cochit-zapotl. Cf. Sapota.
Definitions
  1. (Bot.) A tall, evergeen, tropical American tree (Achras Sapota); also, its edible fruit, the sapodilla plum. Written also sapadillo, sappadilo, sappodilla, and zapotilla.

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