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sapodilla plum

sapodilla plum

9.5
A fruit grown in hot countries with rough brown skin and very sweet brown flesh
  • noun
  • /ˌsæpəˈdɪlə plʌm/
translation icon : zapote
  • She tasted the unfamiliar sapodilla plum and was surprised by its caramel-like sweetness.

Examples

  • The sapodilla plum is prized in many tropical countries for its sweet, malty flavor.

  • Farmers harvest sapodilla plums when the fruit’s skin turns slightly soft and brown.

  • I love eating a sapodilla plum for dessert.

  • Have you ever tried a sapodilla plum?

  • Farmers harvest sapodilla plums when the fruit's skin turns slightly soft and brown.

  • She tasted the unfamiliar sapodilla plum and was surprised by its caramel-like sweetness.

  • The sapodilla plum is prized in many tropical countries for its sweet, malty flavor.

Synonyms

sapodilla
vssapodilla plum
9.5

A sweet tropical fruit with rough brown skin and soft brown inside

is the same fruit but given with a fuller descriptive name
sapota
vssapodilla plum
  • Indian
9.8

A tropical fruit with rough brown skin and sweet brown flesh

is described simply and does not note regional cultivation

Surface Forms

sapodilla plum singular
sapodilla plums plural

Morphology

sapodilla + plum

Both constituents are concrete food nouns denoting fruits, so a B1 learner who knows 'sapodilla' and 'plum' can infer that 'sapodilla plum' names a type or variety of fruit. The compound is compositional (a fruit described by its variety), a common and transparent noun–noun pattern cross-linguistically, so the overall meaning is directly derivable from the parts.

Etymology

Sapodilla plum may come from an old Spanish word 'zapote' for soft tropical fruits, and people added plum because the round, brown fruit looks like a small plum. So sapodilla plum means a small, brown tropical fruit with very sweet, soft flesh.