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Definition of Sapodilla plum

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

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sapodilla Plum

Literary usage of Sapodilla plum

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

1. The English Cyclopaedia by Charles Knight (1867)
"Some of the species produce fruits which are much prized as articles of diet. Amongst these is the sapodilla plum, ..."

2. My Tropic Isle by Edmund James Banfield (1913)
"To my friend I am also indebted for several young plants of the sapodilla plum (Achras sapota), sold in some parts of India under the spurious title of ..."

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. A Dictionary of Science, Literature, & Art: Comprising the Definitions and by George William Cox (1866)
"Thus, Hog-plum is the fruit of various species of Spondias ; Sapodilla-plum is the fruit of Achras ..."

5. A Dictionary of Science, Literature, & Art: Comprising the Definitions and by George William Cox (1866)
"Thus, Hog-plum is the fruit of various species of Spondias; Sapodilla-plum is the fruit of Achras; ..."

6. The English Cyclopaedia by Charles Knight (1867)
"Some of the species produce fruits which are much prized as articles of diet. Amongst these is the sapodilla plum, ..."

7. My Tropic Isle by Edmund James Banfield (1913)
"To my friend I am also indebted for several young plants of the sapodilla plum (Achras sapota), sold in some parts of India under the spurious title of ..."

8. 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 ..."

9. A Dictionary of Science, Literature, & Art: Comprising the Definitions and by George William Cox (1866)
"Thus, Hog-plum is the fruit of various species of Spondias ; Sapodilla-plum is the fruit of Achras ..."

10. A Dictionary of Science, Literature, & Art: Comprising the Definitions and by George William Cox (1866)
"Thus, Hog-plum is the fruit of various species of Spondias; Sapodilla-plum is the fruit of Achras; ..."

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