sapote

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun tropical American tree having wood like mahogany and sweet edible egg-shaped fruit; in some classifications placed in the genus Calocarpum
  2. noun brown oval fruit flesh makes excellent sherbet

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish zapote, from a Nahuan language, from Proto-Nahuan *ȼapo-tl. Doublet of chapote.

Synonyms

marmalade tree, mammee, Pouteria zapota, Calocarpum zapota

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