sapota

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The tropical fruit from the sapodilla tree, Manilkara zapota. The fruit is 4–8 cm in diameter, has a fuzzy brown skin with very sweet earthy-brown flesh.
  2. Sapote, the similar fruit of various other tropical and semi-tropical trees, such as Pouteria sapota.

Word forms

sapota sapotas

Etymology

Latinization of Nahuatl tzapocuahuitl (“Manilkara zapota, sapodilla”)

Synonyms

Translations

Chinese Mandarin: 人心果 Dutch: sapodilla Dutch: sapotille Finnish: sapodilla Telugu: సపోటా
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