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Definition of Sapodilla

1. Noun. Large tropical American evergreen yielding chicle gum and edible fruit; sometimes placed in genus Achras.

2. Noun. Tropical fruit with a rough brownish skin and very sweet brownish pulp.

Definition of Sapodilla

1. n. A tall, evergeen, tropical American tree (Achras Sapota); also, its edible fruit, the sapodilla plum.

Definition of Sapodilla

1. Noun. ''Manilkara zapota''; a long-lived, evergreen tree native to the New World tropics. It is also known as Chickoo (also spelled "Chiku") in South Asia. ¹

2. Noun. The fruit from the sapodilla tree. The fruit is 4-8 cm in diameter, has a fuzzy brown skin with earthy brown flesh. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Sapodilla

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Medical Definition of Sapodilla

1. A tall, evergeen, tropical American tree (Achras Sapota); also, its edible fruit, the sapodilla plum. Alternative forms: sapadillo, sappadilo, sappodilla, and zapotilla] Sapodilla plum, 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 colour, very soft, and deliciously sweet. Called also naseberry. It is eatable only when it begins to be spotted, and is much used in desserts. Origin: Sp. Zapote, sapotillo, zapotillo, Mexican cochit-zapotl. Cf. Sapota. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sapodilla

sapiential book sapientially sapientious sapientize sapiently sapients sapindaceous sapindus sapless saplessness

saplessnesses saplike sapling saplings sapo- sapodilla (current term) sapodilla family sapodilla plum sapodilla tree sapodillas

sapogenin sapogenins sapon- saponaceous saponaceousness saponacity saponary saponated saponatus saponic acid

Literary usage of Sapodilla

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Adventure Guide to Belize by Carol O'Donnell, Vivien Lougheed (2003)
"sapodilla Cayes sapodilla Cayes Marine Reserve is 28 miles south of Placencia and 40 miles east ... Lime Caye is part of the sapodilla Cayes Marine Reserve. ..."

2. Adventure Guide to Belize by Carol O'Donnell, Vivien Lougheed (2003)
"sapodilla Cayes S sapodilla Cayes Marine Reserve is 28 miles south of Placencia and 40 miles ... Lime Caye is part of the sapodilla Cayes Marine Reserve. ..."

3. Fruit Recipes: A Manual of the Food Value of Fruits and Nine Hundred by Riley Maria Fletcher Berry (1907)
"The sapodilla, or sapodilla Plum, or "Dilly," (Achras sapota) at first sight invariably reminds one of a russet apple, though in flavour it is rather a ..."

4. Manual of Tropical and Subtropical Fruits: Excluding the Banana, Coconut by Wilson Popenoe (1920)
"THE sapodilla (Plate XIX) (Achras Sapota, L.) Gonzalo Hernandez de Oviedo, who was one of the first Europeans to study the plants of the New World, ..."

5. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States: Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord Britton, Addison Brown (1897)
"sapodilla FAMILY. Shrubs or trees, mostly with a milky juice. L/eaves alternate, simple, entire, pinnately-veined, mostly coriaceous and exstipulate. ..."

6. The Everglades and Other Essays Relating to Southern Florida by John Clayton Gifford (1912)
"CHAPTER V. THE LIME AND sapodilla, COMMONLY CALLED "SOURS AND DILLIES. ... At any rate, the lime tree produces sour limes, and the sapodilla tree sweet ..."

7. Flora of the Southern United States: Containing an Abridged Description of by Alvan Wentworth Chapman (1897)
"... (sapodilla FAMILY.) Trees or shrubs, with milky juice, alternate entire exstipulate short- petioled leaves, and regular perfect (small) flowers, ..."

8. Adventure Guide to Belize by Carol O'Donnell, Vivien Lougheed (2003)
"sapodilla Cayes sapodilla Cayes Marine Reserve is 28 miles south of Placencia and 40 miles east ... Lime Caye is part of the sapodilla Cayes Marine Reserve. ..."

9. Adventure Guide to Belize by Carol O'Donnell, Vivien Lougheed (2003)
"sapodilla Cayes S sapodilla Cayes Marine Reserve is 28 miles south of Placencia and 40 miles ... Lime Caye is part of the sapodilla Cayes Marine Reserve. ..."

10. Fruit Recipes: A Manual of the Food Value of Fruits and Nine Hundred by Riley Maria Fletcher Berry (1907)
"The sapodilla, or sapodilla Plum, or "Dilly," (Achras sapota) at first sight invariably reminds one of a russet apple, though in flavour it is rather a ..."

11. Manual of Tropical and Subtropical Fruits: Excluding the Banana, Coconut by Wilson Popenoe (1920)
"THE sapodilla (Plate XIX) (Achras Sapota, L.) Gonzalo Hernandez de Oviedo, who was one of the first Europeans to study the plants of the New World, ..."

12. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States: Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord Britton, Addison Brown (1897)
"sapodilla FAMILY. Shrubs or trees, mostly with a milky juice. L/eaves alternate, simple, entire, pinnately-veined, mostly coriaceous and exstipulate. ..."

13. The Everglades and Other Essays Relating to Southern Florida by John Clayton Gifford (1912)
"CHAPTER V. THE LIME AND sapodilla, COMMONLY CALLED "SOURS AND DILLIES. ... At any rate, the lime tree produces sour limes, and the sapodilla tree sweet ..."

14. Flora of the Southern United States: Containing an Abridged Description of by Alvan Wentworth Chapman (1897)
"... (sapodilla FAMILY.) Trees or shrubs, with milky juice, alternate entire exstipulate short- petioled leaves, and regular perfect (small) flowers, ..."

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