sapodilla

[ sap-uh-dil-uh ]

noun

a large evergreen tree, Manilkara zapota, of tropical America, bearing an edible fruit and yielding chicle.: Compare sapodilla family.
Also called sapodilla plum . the fruit itself.

Origin of sapodilla

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

Also called sapota.

Words Nearby sapodilla

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How to use sapodilla in a sentence

Having glanced at a towering sapodilla tree, he noticed that a wild fig vine grew up its side.
The Red Lure | Roy J. Snell
The sapodilla is the most esteemed of the order Sapotaceæ, and one of the best of tropical fruits.
Origin of Cultivated Plants | Alphonse De Candolle
These are usually Santa Maria, chichem, sapodilla, or some hardwood.
The Maya Indians of Southern Yucatan and Northern British Honduras | Thomas William Francis Gann
One was the mamaei, which was about as large as a peach, and the other the sapodilla, fruit of the color of a plum.
The Moving Picture Boys at Panama | Victor Appleton
In the hands of some he saw the white gleam of sapodilla axe handles.
The Red Lure | Roy J. Snell

British Dictionary definitions for sapodilla

sapodilla

/ (ˌsæpəˈdɪlə) /

noun

a large tropical American evergreen tree, Achras zapota, the latex of which yields chicle
Also called: sapodilla plum the edible brown rough-skinned fruit of this tree, which has a sweet yellowish pulp

Origin of sapodilla

C17: from Spanish zapotillo, diminutive of zapote sapodilla fruit, from Nahuatl tsapotl

Also called: naseberry, sapota

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