sapodilla

Etymology

From Spanish sapodilla, from Nahuatl tzapocuahuitl.

noun

  1. A long-lived evergreen tree, Manilkara zapota, native to the New World tropics, or its edible fruit.
    They heard the flight of the bats as they attacked the ripe sapodillas at their feet. 1988, Jorge Amado, translated by Gregory Rabassa, Captains of the Sands, Penguin, published 2013, page 45

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