[suh-poh-tuh] 
[sap-uh-dil-uh] | 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. |
[suh-poh-tee, -tey] | 1. | Also called marmalade tree. a tree, Pouteria sapota, of the sapodilla family, native to Mexico and Central America, having large leaves and sweet, edible fruit. |
| 2. | the fruit of this tree. |
| sa·po·te (sə-pō'tē, -tā) n. In both senses also called marmalade plum.
[Spanish zapota, from Nahuatl tzapotl.] |