sapote
The soft, edible fruit of various South American trees, including the sapodillaThe soft, edible fruit of various South American trees, including the sapodilla.
Meaning
9 sensesThe soft, edible fruit of various South American trees, including the sapodilla.
Sapotaceae species:
Manilkara zapota, sapodilla, naseberry, native to Mexico, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Belize, and possibly El Salvador.
Pouteria campechiana, yellow sapote, native to Mexico and Central America.
Pouteria sapota, mamey sapote, from southern Mexico to northern South America.
Pouteria viridis, green sapote, native to lowland southern Mexico.
Ebenaceae species:
Diospyros digyna, black sapote, from eastern Mexico south to Colombia.
Diospyros texana, chapote, is native to the lower Rio Grande valley region in Texas and Mexico.
The soft, edible fruit of various South American trees, including the sapodilla.
Rutaceae species
Rutaceae species:
Casimiroa edulis, white sapote, native to northern and central Mexico, Costa Rica, El Salvador and Guatemala.
- brown oval fruit flesh makes excellent sherbet
- tropical American tree having wood like mahogany and sweet edible egg-shaped fruit; in some classifications placed in the genus Calocarpum
Translations
3 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
Borrowed from Spanish zapote, from a Nahuan language, from Proto-Nahuan *ȼapo-tl. DoubletBorrowed from Spanish zapote, from a Nahuan language, from Proto-Nahuan *ȼapo-tl. Doublet of chapote.
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Forms
plural: sapotesSynonyms
5 synonyms- brown oval fruit flesh makes excellent sherbet:mammeemarmalade plum
- tropical American tree having wood like mahogany and sweet edible egg-shaped fruit; in some classifications placed in the genus Calocarpum:marmalade treemammeePouteria zapotaCalocarpum zapota