CALOCARPUM ZAPOTA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Calocarpum zapota mean? 

• CALOCARPUM ZAPOTA (noun)
  The noun CALOCARPUM ZAPOTA has 1 sense:

1. tropical American tree having wood like mahogany and sweet edible egg-shaped fruit; in some classifications placed in the genus Calocarpum

  Familiarity information: CALOCARPUM ZAPOTA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CALOCARPUM ZAPOTA (noun)

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Meaning:

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

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Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Calocarpum zapota; mammee; marmalade tree; Pouteria zapota; sapote

Hypernyms ("Calocarpum zapota" is a kind of...):

tree (a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms)

Meronyms (parts of "Calocarpum zapota"):

mammee; marmalade plum; sapote (brown oval fruit flesh makes excellent sherbet)

Holonyms ("Calocarpum zapota" is a member of...):

genus Pouteria; Pouteria (tropical American timber tree with edible fruit (canistel))