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sapote

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Main Entry:
sa·po·te Listen to the pronunciation of sapote
Pronunciation:
\sə-ˈpō-tē\
Function:
noun
Etymology:
Spanish zapote sapodilla fruit
Date:
1572
: any of several roundish or ovoid sweet soft-fleshed fruits of Mexican and Central American trees: as a: the green- or yellow-skinned fruit of a tree (Casimiroa edulis) of the rue family with white or yellow flesh b: the green-skinned fruit of a persimmon (Diospyros digyna) with brown or blackish flesh c: the coarse brown-skinned fruit of a tree (Pouteria sapota syn. Calocarpum sapota) of the sapodilla family with orange or reddish flesh


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