SAPOTE


Meaning of SAPOTE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ sə-ˈpō-tē ]

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

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.