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Sapodilla

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Noun

1. achras zapota, manilkara zapota, sapodilla, sapodilla tree

large tropical American evergreen yielding chicle gum and edible fruit; sometimes placed in genus Achras

2. sapodilla, sapodilla plum, sapota

tropical fruit with a rough brownish skin and very sweet brownish pulp

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Sapodilla

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noun
1. 
a large tropical American evergreen tree, Achras zapota, the latex of which yields chicle
2. Also called: sapodilla plum
the edible brown rough-skinned fruit of this tree, which has a sweet yellowish pulp

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Sapodilla

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noun
1. 
a tropical American evergreen tree (Achras zapota) of the sapodilla family, yielding chicle and having a brown, rough-skinned fruit with a sweet, yellowish pulp
2. 
the fruit
adjective
3. 
designating a large family (Sapotaceae, order Ebenales) of dicotyledonous, tropical trees and shrubs with a milky juice and sometimes edible fruits, including the balata, buckthorn, and marmalade tree

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Sapodilla

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n.
1. An evergreen tree (Manilkara zapota) of Mexico and Central America, having latex that yields chicle and edible fruit with sweet yellow-brown flesh.
2. The fruit of this plant.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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