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Webster 1913 Edition

Sapota

Sa-po′ta

,
Noun.
[NL., from Sp.
sapote
,
zapote
. See
Sapodilla
.]
(Bot.)
The sapodilla.

Webster 1828 Edition

Sapota

SAPO'TA

,
Noun.
In botany, a tree or plant of the genus Achras.

Definition 2024

Sapota

Sapota

See also: sapota

Translingual

Wikispecies

Proper noun

Sapota f

  1. (obsolete) A polyphyletic genus of fruit-bearing tropical and semi-tropical trees, the type species of which, sapodilla, is now called Manilkara zapota.

Derived terms

sapota

sapota

See also: Sapota

English

Sapota (Manilkara Zapota) leaves and fruit

Noun

sapota ‎(plural sapotas)

  1. The tropical fruit from the sapodilla tree, Manilkara zapota. The fruit is 4–8 cm in diameter, has a fuzzy brown skin with very sweet earthy-brown flesh.
  2. Sapote, the similar fruit of various other tropical and semi-tropical trees, such as Pouteria sapota.

Synonyms

Etymology

Latinization of Nahuatl tzapocuahuitl ‎(“Manilkara zapota, sapodilla”)

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