SAPOTE


Meaning of SAPOTE in English

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

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