Pronunciation: s ə - ' p ō -t ē
Function: noun
Etymology: Spanish zapote sapodilla fruit
Date: 1572
: any of several roundish or ovoid sweet soft-fleshed fruits of Mexican and Central American trees: as a : the green- or yellow-skinned fruit of a tree ( Casimiroa edulis ) of the rue family with white or yellow flesh b : the green-skinned fruit of a persimmon ( Diospyros digyna ) with brown or blackish flesh c : the coarse brown-skinned fruit of a tree ( Pouteria sapota syn. Calocarpum sapota ) of the sapodilla family with orange or reddish flesh