sapodilla
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sapodilla /ˌsapəˈdɪlə/
▶noun
- 1 a large evergreen tropical American tree which has hard durable wood and yields chicle. [Manilkara zapota.]
- 2 (also sapodilla plum) the sweet brownish bristly fruit of the sapodilla.
– origin C17: from Sp. zapotillo, dimin. of zapote, from Nahuatl tzápotl.
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