Sapote Definition
sə-pōtē, -tā
noun
A Mexican and Central American tree (Pouteria sapota) having edible oval fruit with rough brown skin and sweet reddish flesh.
American Heritage
Any of several tropical American trees or their fruits.
Webster's New World
Webster's New World
Any of several other trees of the American tropics that bear sweet edible fruit, especially Casimiroa edulis, having greenish-yellow fruit with whitish flesh, and Diospyros digyna, a persimmon having greenish fruit with dark brown flesh.
American Heritage
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
- Calocarpum zapota
- Pouteria zapota
- mammee
- marmalade-tree
- marmalade plum
Other Word Forms of Sapote
Noun
Singular:
sapotePlural:
sapotesOrigin of Sapote
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Nahuatl tzapotl (“probably Diospyros digyna")
From Wiktionary
Spanish zapota from Nahuatl tzapotl
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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