Brown oval fruit flesh makes excellent sherbet

• In some classifications placed in the genus Calocarpum
• Marmalade tree
• Tropical American tree having wood like mahogany and sweet edible egg-shaped fruit

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. The soft, edible fruit of various South American trees, including the sapodilla.

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. tropical American tree having wood like mahogany and sweet edible egg-shaped fruit; in some classifications placed in the genus Calocarpum [syn: marmalade tree , mammee , Pouteria zapota , Calocarpum zapota ] brown oval fruit flesh makes excellent sherbet ...

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Sapote (from Nahuatl tzapotl ) is a term for a soft, edible fruit . The word is incorporated into the common names of several unrelated fruit-bearing plants native to Mexico , Central America and northern parts of South America . Some but not all sapotes ...