sapote
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- noun
- /səˈpoʊti/
- US
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zapote
- After trying mamey sapote, though, I'm hesitant with mystery fruit.
Examples
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The sweet and creamy texture of sapote can be compared to that of custard.
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In Central America, people often enjoy sapote fresh or blended into smoothies.
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Similar results followed in lab experiments with sapote and Caribbean fruit flies.
Academic text (2000) -
Amber, do you really think that a banana, a black sapote, a date, are harder to digest than rice, potato, bread, at similar calories?
Blog text (30) -
It isn't necessary to eat all the time; there are fruits calorically dense as mamey, black sapote, dates, bananas, chicozapote, and more.
Blog text (30) -
The black sapote has a rich, chocolate-like flavor that makes it a favorite dessert fruit.
Synonyms
A tropical American tree with mahogany-like wood and sweet orange fruit called mamey sapote
A tropical American tree with sweet egg-shaped fruit and wood like mahogany
A tropical fruit with rough brown skin and sweet brown flesh
A large tropical evergreen tree that produces sweet fruit and sap used to make chewing gum
A large tropical evergreen tree that produces sweet fruit and a sticky sap used for chewing gum
A large evergreen tree from tropical America that makes sweet fruit and natural chewing gum
Large tropical tree that makes natural gum and grows sweet brown fruit
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word sapote comes from tzapotl in Nahuatl, an old language of Mexico, and it meant 'soft fruit' or 'sweet fruit'. That's why today a sapote is the soft, sweet fruit of a tropical tree from Central and South America.