Lexic.us

Definition of Sapodilla tree

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

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sapodilla Tree

Literary usage of Sapodilla tree

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

1. Guided Report Writing by Jill Norris (1999)
"More than a thousand years ago the Mayan Indians of Mexico chewed chicle, the hardened juice of the sapodilla tree. The ancient Greeks made gum from the sap ..."

2. The Everglades and Other Essays Relating to Southern Florida by John Clayton Gifford (1912)
"... and from the porous rock itself the plant must derive nourishment. At any rate, the lime tree produces sour limes, and the sapodilla tree sweet ..."

3. Scientific and Applied Pharmacognosy: Intended for the Use of Students in by Henry Kraemer (1915)
"To this family also belongs Achras Sapota, known as the sapodilla tree or "bully-tree," which is indigenous to tropical America, and furnishes the sapodilla ..."

4. Scientific and Applied Pharmacognosy for Students of Pharmacy, and by Henry Kraemer (1915)
"To this family also belongs Achras Sapota, known as the sapodilla tree or "bully-tree," which is indigenous to tropical America, and furnishes the sapodilla ..."

5. Adventure Guide to Guatemala by Shelagh McNally (2003)
"Carved from the hard wood of the sapodilla tree (the same tree that produced sap for Chiclets gum) one lintel depicts a rather portly king dressed in jaguar ..."

6. Guatemala by Shelagh McNally (2006)
"Carved from the hard wood of the sapodilla tree (the same tree that produced sap for Chiclets gum) one lintel depicts a rather portly king dressed in jaguar ..."

7. Guided Report Writing by Jill Norris (1999)
"More than a thousand years ago the Mayan Indians of Mexico chewed chicle, the hardened juice of the sapodilla tree. The ancient Greeks made gum from the sap ..."

8. The Everglades and Other Essays Relating to Southern Florida by John Clayton Gifford (1912)
"... and from the porous rock itself the plant must derive nourishment. At any rate, the lime tree produces sour limes, and the sapodilla tree sweet ..."

9. Scientific and Applied Pharmacognosy: Intended for the Use of Students in by Henry Kraemer (1915)
"To this family also belongs Achras Sapota, known as the sapodilla tree or "bully-tree," which is indigenous to tropical America, and furnishes the sapodilla ..."

10. Scientific and Applied Pharmacognosy for Students of Pharmacy, and by Henry Kraemer (1915)
"To this family also belongs Achras Sapota, known as the sapodilla tree or "bully-tree," which is indigenous to tropical America, and furnishes the sapodilla ..."

11. Adventure Guide to Guatemala by Shelagh McNally (2003)
"Carved from the hard wood of the sapodilla tree (the same tree that produced sap for Chiclets gum) one lintel depicts a rather portly king dressed in jaguar ..."

12. Guatemala by Shelagh McNally (2006)
"Carved from the hard wood of the sapodilla tree (the same tree that produced sap for Chiclets gum) one lintel depicts a rather portly king dressed in jaguar ..."

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