sapote

Other forms: sapotes

Definitions of sapote
  1. noun
    tropical American tree having wood like mahogany and sweet edible egg-shaped fruit; in some classifications placed in the genus Calocarpum
    synonyms: Calocarpum zapota, Pouteria zapota, mammee, marmalade tree
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    type of:
    tree
    a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms
  2. noun
    brown oval fruit flesh makes excellent sherbet
    synonyms: mammee, marmalade plum
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    type of:
    edible fruit
    edible reproductive body of a seed plant especially one having sweet flesh
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