n.
Pronunciation: ˌ sa-p ə - ' di-l ə , - ' d ē -y ə
Function: noun
Etymology: Spanish zapotillo, diminutive of zapote sapodilla fruit, from Nahuatl tzapotl
Date: 1697
: a tropical American evergreen tree ( Manilkara zapota syn. Achras zapota of the family Sapotaceae, the sapodilla family) with hard reddish wood, a latex that yields chicle, and a rough-skinned brownish fruit with sweet flesh also : its fruit
sapodilla