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sapodilla plum

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sap⋅o⋅dil⋅la

[sap-uh-dil-uh]
–noun
1. a large evergreen tree, Manilkara zapota, of tropical America, bearing an edible fruit and yielding chicle. Compare sapodilla family.
2. Also called sapodilla plum. the fruit itself.
Also called sapota.


Origin:
1690–1700; < Sp zapotillo, equiv. to zapot(e) sapota + -illo dim. suffix
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sapodilla plum

noun
tropical fruit with a rough brownish skin and very sweet brownish pulp [syn: sapodilla
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