Tropical American tree having wood like mahogany and sweet edible egg-shaped fruit

• In some classifications placed in the genus Calocarpum
• Marmalade tree
• Brown oval fruit flesh makes excellent sherbet

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 ...

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