Meanings
plural sapotas
- 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.
Synonyms: sapodilla
- Sapote, the similar fruit of various other tropical and semi-tropical trees, such as Pouteria sapota.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe 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.
More synonyms by meaning
nountropical fruit with a rough brownish skin and very sweet brownish pulp
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Nahuatltzapocuahuitl“Manilkara zapota, sapodilla”
- Englishsapota
Latinization of Nahuatl tzapocuahuitl (“Manilkara zapota, sapodilla”)
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Chinese Mandarin 人心果
- 人心果 (rénxīnguǒ)fruit
Dutch sapodilla, sapotille
- sapodillafruit
- sapotillefruit
Finnish sapodilla
- sapodillafruit
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Cite this entry
sapota. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sapota
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