Definition of sapodilla Sapodilla

sap•o•dil•la

We found 7 definitions of sapodilla from 5 different sources.

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What does sapodilla mean?

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WordNet by Princeton University

Noun

Plural: sapodillas

sapodilla - large tropical American evergreen yielding chicle gum and edible fruit; sometimes placed in genus Achras
  sapodilla tree, Manilkara zapota, Achras zapota
  fruit tree tree bearing edible fruit
  genus manilkara, manilkara genus of large evergreen trees with milky latex; pantropical
sapodilla - tropical fruit with a rough brownish skin and very sweet brownish pulp
  sapodilla plum, sapota
  edible fruit edible reproductive body of a seed plant especially one having sweet flesh
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  • sapodilla (Noun)
    Manilkara zapota ; a long-lived, evergreen tree native to the New World tropics. It is also known as Chickoo also spelled "Chiku" in South Asia.
  • sapodilla (Noun)
    The fruit from the sapodilla tree. The fruit is 4-8 cm in diameter, has a fuzzy brown skin with earthy brown flesh.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • sapodilla (n.)
    A tall, evergeen, tropical American tree (Achras Sapota); also, its edible fruit, the sapodilla plum.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

  • sapodilla
    sap-ō-dil′a, n. a name given in the West Indies to the fruit of several species of Achras, the seeds aperient and diuretic, the pulp subacid and sweet. [Sp. sapotillasapota, the sapota-tree.]

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