sapodilla
sapodilla Lexical Profile
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• noun
The edible, tropical fruit of the sapodilla tree, characterized by its rough, brownish skin and exceptionally sweet, grainy flesh that tastes similar to brown sugar or caramel.
"We bought fresh sapodillas at the local market to make a sweet tropical dessert."
A large, slow-growing evergreen tree native to southern Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean, historically significant for producing chicle, a natural latex formerly used as the primary ingredient in chewing gum.
"The sapodilla is cultivated extensively throughout the tropics for both its delicious fruit and its valuable latex."
• Rhymes for sapodilla
Word Origin & Etymology
From Spanish 'zapotilla', a diminutive of 'zapote', which derives from the Nahuatl word 'tzapotl', a general term for soft, sweet fruits.
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