sapodilla : Idioms & Phrases

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sapodilla family

  • noun tropical trees or shrubs with milky juice and often edible fleshy fruit
    Sapotaceae; family Sapotaceae.
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Sapodilla plum

  • noun tropical fruit with a rough brownish skin and very sweet brownish pulp
    sapota; sapodilla.
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  • (Bot.), the fruit of Achras Sapota. It is about the size of an ordinary quince, having a rough, brittle, dull brown rind, the flesh being of a dirty yellowish white color, very soft, and deliciously sweet. Called also naseberry. It is eatable only when it begins to be spotted, and is much used in desserts.
Webster 1913

sapodilla tree

  • noun large tropical American evergreen yielding chicle gum and edible fruit; sometimes placed in genus Achras
    Achras zapota; Manilkara zapota; sapodilla.
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