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Definition of: sapodilla
(sap′ə·dil′ə) noun
1. A large evergreen tree (Achras zapota) of the West Indies and Central America.
2. Its luscious apple–shaped fruit, the sapodilla plum, for which it is cultivated. Often called mamey, marmalade tree. Also sa·po·ta (sə·pō′tə), sap′a·dil′lo, sap′o·dil′lo. [<Sp. zapotille, dim of zapota <Nahuatl zapotl, sapotl]
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