sapodilla

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An evergreen tree (Manilkara zapota) of Mexico and Central America, having latex that yields chicle and edible fruit with sweet yellow-brown flesh.

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The fruit of this plant.

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A large tree, Achras Sapota, native in tropical America, cultivated there and in other tropical regions for its fruit, the sapodilla or sapodilla-plum.

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A tall, evergeen, tropical American tree (Achras Sapota); also, its edible fruit, the sapodilla plum.

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the fruit of Achras Sapota. It is about the size of an ordinary quince, having a rough, brittle, dull brown rind, the flesh being of a dirty yellowish white color, very soft, and deliciously sweet. Called also naseberry. It is eatable only when it begins to be spotted, and is much used in desserts.

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Manilkara zapota; a long-lived, evergreen tree native to the New World tropics. It is also known as Chickoo (also spelled “Chiku”) in South Asia.

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The fruit from the sapodilla tree. The fruit is 4-8 cm in diameter, has a fuzzy brown skin with earthy brown flesh.

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tropical fruit with a rough brownish skin and very sweet brownish pulp

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large tropical American evergreen yielding chicle gum and edible fruit; sometimes placed in genus Achras