SAPODILLA


Meaning of SAPODILLA in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌsa-pə-ˈdi-lə, -ˈdē-yə ]

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

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