What is "sapota"

Sapota \Sa*po"ta\, n. [NL., from Sp. sapote, zapote. See Sapodilla.] (Bot.) The sapodilla.

n. 1 The tropical fruit from the sapodilla tree, ''Manilkara zapota''. The fruit is 4–8 cm in diameter, has a fuzzy brown skin with very sweet earthy-brown flesh. 2 sapote, the similar fruit of various other tropical and semi-tropical trees, such as ''Pouteria sapota''.

n. tropical fruit with a rough brownish skin and very sweet brownish pulp [syn: sapodilla, sapodilla plum]