sapotaceous

[sap-uh-tey-shuh s]

adjective

belonging to the Sapotaceae, the sapodilla family of plants.

Compare sapodilla family.

Origin of sapotaceous

1835–45; < New Latin Sapotace(ae) name of the family (see sapota, -aceae) + -ous

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Examples from the Web for sapotaceous

Historical Examples of sapotaceous

This sapotaceous plant attains a great size in Guiana and affords a dense, close-grained, valuable timber.
Catalogue of Economic Plants in the Collection of the U. S. Department of Agriculture
William Saunders

British Dictionary definitions for sapotaceous

sapotaceous

adjective

of, relating to, or belonging to the Sapotaceae, a family of leathery-leaved tropical plants: includes the gutta-percha and balata trees, sapodilla, and shea

Word Origin for sapotaceous

C19: from New Latin sapota sapota

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