Crossword clues for sapodilla
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Sapodilla \Sap`o*dil"la\, n. [Sp. zapote, sapotillo, zapotillo, Mexican cochit-zapotl. Cf. Sapota.] (Bot.) A tall, evergeen, tropical American tree ( Achras Sapota); also, its edible fruit, the sapodilla plum. [Written also sapadillo, sappadillo, sappodilla, and zapotilla.]
Sapodilla plum (Bot.), the fruit of Achras Sapota. It is about the size of an ordinary quince, having a rough, brittle, dull brown rind, the flesh being of a dirty yellowish white color, very soft, and deliciously sweet. Called also naseberry. It is eatable only when it begins to be spotted, and is much used in desserts.
Wiktionary
n. 1 ''Manilkara zapota'', a long-lived evergreen tree native to the New World tropics. 2 The fruit from the sapodilla tree. The fruit is 4-8 cm in diameter, has a fuzzy brown skin with earthy brown flesh.
WordNet
n. large tropical American evergreen yielding chicle gum and edible fruit; sometimes placed in genus Achras [syn: sapodilla tree, Manilkara zapota, Achras zapota]
tropical fruit with a rough brownish skin and very sweet brownish pulp [syn: sapodilla plum, sapota]
Usage examples of "sapodilla".
Like the durian, the sapodilla plum grows all too slowly for my precipitate tastes, though I console myself plenteously with mangoes.
Chocolate trees, Cohuna palm trees, hog plum trees, bayal trees, trees with black orchids (the Belizean national flower), mahogany trees, cedar trees, red gum-bolino trees, fiddlewood trees, sapodilla trees.