kōˈchēlsəˈpōd.ə noun
Etymology: Spanish cochilzapote, from Nahuatl cochiztzapotl, from cochitl sleep + tzapotl sapote; from the belief that eating the fruit would put one to sleep
1. : a large Mexican tree ( Casimiroa edulis ) with fruit about the size of a large apple and resembling the peach in flavor
2. : the fruit of the cochil sapota