sapota

[ suh-poh-tuh ]

Origin of sapota

1
1550–60; <New Latin <Mexican Spanish zapote sapodilla <Nahuatl tzapotl

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How to use sapota in a sentence

  • One of the largest trees in Yucatan is the sapota (Achras sapota).

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  • Hold the branch of that sapota sapling fast, for the fall is sheer!

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  • They like the sapota because it produces a fruit of which they are passionately fond.

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  • The highest is the sapota, from which the gummy sap chicle—basis of all American chewing-gums—is obtained.

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  • The door lintels are sapota beams, which are to-day still in their places, as they were when Stephens visited the city in 1842.

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British Dictionary definitions for sapota

sapota

/ (səˈpəʊtə) /


noun
  1. (in tropical America) any of various different fruits

  2. another name for sapodilla

Origin of sapota

1
C16: from Spanish zapote, from Nahuatl tsapotl; see sapodilla

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