sapodilla

[ sap-uh-dil-uh ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

a large evergreen tree, Manilkara zapota, of tropical America, bearing an edible fruit and yielding chicle. Compare sapodilla family.
Also called sapodilla plum. the fruit itself.

sapodilla

/ ˌsæpəˈdɪlə /

a large tropical American evergreen tree, Achras zapota, the latex of which yields chicle
Also calledsapodilla plum the edible brown rough-skinned fruit of this tree, which has a sweet yellowish pulp

1690–1700; < Spanish zapotillo, equivalent to zapot ( e ) sapota + -illo diminutive suffix

C17: from Spanish zapotillo, diminutive of zapote sapodilla fruit, from Nahuatl tsapotl

Having glanced at a towering sapodilla tree, he noticed that a wild fig vine grew up its side.

The sapodilla is the most esteemed of the order Sapotaceæ, and one of the best of tropical fruits.

These are usually Santa Maria, chichem, sapodilla, or some hardwood.

One was the mamaei, which was about as large as a peach, and the other the sapodilla, fruit of the color of a plum.

In the hands of some he saw the white gleam of sapodilla axe handles.

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