sapodilla

UK: /ˌsæpəˈdɪlə/ US: (sap′ə dil′ə)

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sap•o•dil•la  (sap′ə dil′ə), n. 

1. Plant Biology a large evergreen tree, Manilkara zapota, of tropical America, bearing an edible fruit and yielding chicle. Cf. sapodilla family. 
2. Plant Biology Also called sap′odil′la plum′. the fruit itself.

Also called sapota. 

• Spanish zapotillo, equivalent. to zapot(e) sapota + -illo diminutive suffix
• 1690–1700

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sapodilla / ˌsæpəˈdɪlə/ noun

1. a large tropical American evergreen tree, Achras zapota, the latex of which yields chicle
2. Also called: sapodilla plum the edible brown rough-skinned fruit of this tree, which has a sweet yellowish pulp

Etymology: 17th Century: from Spanish zapotillo, diminutive of zapote sapodilla fruit, from Nahuatl tsapotl