noun
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(in tropical America) any of various different fruits
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another name for sapodilla
Etymology
Origin of sapota
1550–60; < New Latin < Mexican Spanish zapote sapodilla < Nahuatl tzapotl
Example Sentences
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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.
From Project Gutenberg
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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