sapote

sa·po·te  (s-pt, -t) or sa·po·ta (-t)

n. In both senses also called marmalade plum.

1. A Mexican and Central American tree (Poulteria sapota) having edible brown oval fruit with very sweet reddish flesh.

2. The fruit of this tree.

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[Spanish zapota, from Nahuatl tzapotl.]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	sapote - tropical American tree having wood like mahogany and sweet edible egg-shaped fruit; in some classifications placed in the genus Calocarpum Calocarpum zapota, mammee, marmalade tree, Pouteria zapota marmalade plum, sapote, mammee - brown oval fruit flesh makes excellent sherbet genus Pouteria, Pouteria - tropical American timber tree with edible fruit (canistel) tree - a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms
	2.	sapote - brown oval fruit flesh makes excellent sherbet marmalade plum, mammee edible fruit - edible reproductive body of a seed plant especially one having sweet flesh Calocarpum zapota, mammee, marmalade tree, Pouteria zapota, sapote - tropical American tree having wood like mahogany and sweet edible egg-shaped fruit; in some classifications placed in the genus Calocarpum