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Sapote

//səˈpoʊti// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The soft, edible fruit of various South American trees, including the sapodilla.

    "Besides, the theater gives him a rush that can only be equaled by, perhaps, the healthy fruiting of a white sapote."

  2. 2
    brown oval fruit flesh makes excellent sherbet wordnet
  3. 3
    The soft, edible fruit of various South American trees, including the sapodilla.; Sapotaceae species:; Manilkara zapota, sapodilla, naseberry, native to Mexico, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Belize, and possibly El Salvador.
  4. 4
    tropical American tree having wood like mahogany and sweet edible egg-shaped fruit; in some classifications placed in the genus Calocarpum wordnet
  5. 5
    The soft, edible fruit of various South American trees, including the sapodilla.; Sapotaceae species:; Pouteria campechiana, yellow sapote, native to Mexico and Central America.
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  1. 6
    The soft, edible fruit of various South American trees, including the sapodilla.; Sapotaceae species:; Pouteria sapota, mamey sapote, from southern Mexico to northern South America.
  2. 7
    The soft, edible fruit of various South American trees, including the sapodilla.; Sapotaceae species:; Pouteria viridis, green sapote, native to lowland southern Mexico.
  3. 8
    The soft, edible fruit of various South American trees, including the sapodilla.; Ebenaceae species:; Diospyros digyna, black sapote, from eastern Mexico south to Colombia.
  4. 9
    The soft, edible fruit of various South American trees, including the sapodilla.; Ebenaceae species:; Diospyros texana, chapote, is native to the lower Rio Grande valley region in Texas and Mexico.
  5. 10
    The soft, edible fruit of various South American trees, including the sapodilla.; Rutaceae species
  6. 11
    The soft, edible fruit of various South American trees, including the sapodilla.; Rutaceae species:; Casimiroa edulis, white sapote, native to northern and central Mexico, Costa Rica, El Salvador and Guatemala.

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish zapote, from a Nahuan language, from Proto-Nahuan *ȼapo-tl. Doublet of chapote.

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