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Definition 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.
Terms within: Mammee, Marmalade Plum
Group relationships: Genus Pouteria, Pouteria
Generic synonyms: Tree
2. Noun. Brown oval fruit flesh makes excellent sherbet.
Generic synonyms: Edible Fruit
Group relationships: Calocarpum Zapota, Mammee, Marmalade Tree, Pouteria Zapota
Definition of Sapote
1. Noun. The soft, edible fruit of various unrelated South American trees, including the sapodilla. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sapote
1. a tropical American tree [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sapote
Literary usage of Sapote
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Manual of Tropical and Subtropical Fruits: Excluding the Banana, Coconut by Wilson Popenoe (1920)
"It is probable that budding will prove as successful with the sapote as it has
with the sapodilla. Seedlings differ greatly in the size, shape, ..."
2. Forest Products, Livelihoods, and Conservation: Case Studies of Non-timber by Brian Murray Belcher, Koen Kusters, Terry C. H. Sutherland, Ousseynou NDoye (2004)
"Mamey sapote cultivars in Florida. Proceedings of the Florida State ... Host status
of mamey sapote to Caribbean fruit fly (Diptera: Tephritidae). ..."
3. Guatemala: The Land of the Quetzal by William Tufts Brigham (1887)
"Here we first found the ripe fruit of the sapote (Lucuma ... What is usually
called sapote in Guatemala does not belong to the genus Kapota, ..."
4. The Rambler in Mexico: MDCCCXXXIV by Charles Joseph Latrobe (1836)
"... took it into his health, and to remain a great deal within doors, philosophizing
and discussing unknown fruits—the sapote prieto, the sapote chico, ..."
5. Manual of Tropical and Subtropical Fruits: Excluding the Banana, Coconut by Wilson Popenoe (1920)
"It is probable that budding will prove as successful with the sapote as it has
with the sapodilla. Seedlings differ greatly in the size, shape, ..."
6. Forest Products, Livelihoods, and Conservation: Case Studies of Non-timber by Brian Murray Belcher, Koen Kusters, Terry C. H. Sutherland, Ousseynou NDoye (2004)
"Mamey sapote cultivars in Florida. Proceedings of the Florida State ... Host status
of mamey sapote to Caribbean fruit fly (Diptera: Tephritidae). ..."
7. Guatemala: The Land of the Quetzal by William Tufts Brigham (1887)
"Here we first found the ripe fruit of the sapote (Lucuma ... What is usually
called sapote in Guatemala does not belong to the genus Kapota, ..."
8. The Rambler in Mexico: MDCCCXXXIV by Charles Joseph Latrobe (1836)
"... took it into his health, and to remain a great deal within doors, philosophizing
and discussing unknown fruits—the sapote prieto, the sapote chico, ..."
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