What does "sapodilla" mean?

A long-lived evergreen tree, Manilkara zapota, native to the New World tropics.

What is a synonym for "sapodilla"?

Common synonyms include: sapodilla tree, achras zapota, chicle, chikoo, edible fruit, gum base.

Pronounced //ˌsæpəˈdɪlə//.

/ˌsæpəˈdɪlə/ noun

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Noun

1
A long-lived evergreen tree, Manilkara zapota, native to the New World tropics.
2
tropical fruit with a rough brownish skin and very sweet brownish pulp wordnet
3
The edible fruit of this tree.
"They heard the flight of the bats as they attacked the ripe sapodillas at their feet."
4
large tropical American evergreen yielding chicle gum and edible fruit; sometimes placed in genus Achras wordnet

"They heard the flight of the bats as they attacked the ripe sapodillas at their feet."

From Spanish sapodilla, from Nahuatl tzapocuahuitl.