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- Nahuatl · derived fromtzapocuahuitl“Manilkara zapota, sapodilla”
- English todaysapota
Latinization of Nahuatl tzapocuahuitl (“Manilkara zapota, sapodilla”)
Words from the same roots
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
sapota
Today it means: 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. Full definition →
Nahuatl tzapocuahuitl