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sap⋅o⋅dil⋅la

  [sap-uh-dil-uh]
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–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
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sap·o·dil·la   (sāp'ə-dĭl'ə, -dē'yə)   
n.   In both senses also called naseberry.

  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.


[Spanish zapotillo, diminutive of zapote, sapodilla fruit, from Nahuatl tzapotl.]
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