Main Entry:

sa·po·te

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