sapota

See also: Sapota

English

sapota (Manilkara zapota) leaves and fruit

Etymology

Latinization of Nahuatl tzapocuahuitl (“Manilkara zapota, sapodilla”)

Noun

sapota (plural sapotas)

1. The tropical fruit from the sapodilla tree, Manilkara zapota. The fruit is 4–8 cm in diameter, has a fuzzy brown skin with very sweet earthy-brown flesh.
2. Sapote, the similar fruit of various other tropical and semi-tropical trees, such as Pouteria sapota.

Synonyms

• (fruit of Manilkara zapota): sapodilla

Translations

fruit

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 人心果 (zh) (rénxīnguǒ)

• Dutch: sapodilla (nl) f, sapotille (nl) f (Suriname)
• Finnish: sapodilla
• Telugu: సపోటా (te) (sapōṭā)

sapote — see sapote

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English supporter.

Noun

sapota

1. supporter