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