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Definition of Sapota
1. Noun. Tropical fruit with a rough brownish skin and very sweet brownish pulp.
Generic synonyms: Edible Fruit
Group relationships: Achras Zapota, Manilkara Zapota, Sapodilla, Sapodilla Tree
Definition of Sapota
1. n. The sapodilla.
Definition of Sapota
1. Noun. The tropical fruit from the sapodilla tree. The fruit is 4–8 cm in diameter, has a fuzzy brown skin with very sweet earthy-brown flesh. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sapota
1. an evergreen tree [n -S]
Medical Definition of Sapota
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Sapota
Literary usage of Sapota
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. 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 ...
The White sapota (Casimiroa edulis) is about the size of a peach and ..."
2. The Vegetable Materia Medica of Western India by William Dymock (1885)
"Achras sapota, Linn., Sot. Mag., t. 3111 and 3112; G'drt. Fruct. 2, t. 104.
The sapota Plum, or Bully Tree of the Wost Indies, is now completely established ..."
3. Medical lexicon: A Dictionary of Medical Science by Robley Dunglison (1856)
"The seeds make an emulsion, which has been given in nephritic »Sections. The bark
has been recommended as a febrifuge. sapota ..."
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