sapota

[ suh-poh-tuh ]

noun

1. sapote.
2. sapodilla.

sapota

/ səˈpəʊtə /

noun

1. (in tropical America) any of various different fruits
2. another name for sapodilla

Word History and Origins

Origin of sapota¹

1550–60; < New Latin < Mexican Spanish zapote sapodilla < Nahuatl tzapotl

Word History and Origins

Origin of sapota¹

C16: from Spanish zapote, from Nahuatl tsapotl; see sapodilla

Example Sentences

These were attended by great numbers of Indians, carrying fowls, maise-bread, pines, sapotas, and other provisions; they spread some mats in the shade of the trees, on which they invited us to sit down.

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Besides these were a host of others, such as the avocado pear, soursop, sapodilla, and sapota, all of which, in addition to their size and grand appearance, bear excellent fruit.

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It seems, according to M. Kunth, to belong to the sapota family.

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The sapota or sapotille is a juicy brown fruit with a rind satiny like a human cuticle, and just the color, when flushed and ripe, of certain half-breed skins.

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