sapodilla

[ sap-uh-dil-uh ]

noun
  1. a large evergreen tree, Manilkara zapota, of tropical America, bearing an edible fruit and yielding chicle.: Compare sapodilla family.

  2. Also called sapodilla plum . the fruit itself.

Origin of sapodilla

1
1690–1700; <Spanish zapotillo, equivalent to zapot(e) sapota + -illo diminutive suffix

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sapodilla

/ (ˌsæpəˈdɪlə) /


noun
  1. a large tropical American evergreen tree, Achras zapota, the latex of which yields chicle

  2. Also called: sapodilla plum the edible brown rough-skinned fruit of this tree, which has a sweet yellowish pulp

Origin of sapodilla

1
C17: from Spanish zapotillo, diminutive of zapote sapodilla fruit, from Nahuatl tsapotl
  • Also called: naseberry, sapota

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