SAPOTE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sapote mean? 

• SAPOTE (noun)
  The noun SAPOTE has 2 senses:

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

2. brown oval fruit flesh makes excellent sherbet

  Familiarity information: SAPOTE used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SAPOTE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

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

Hypernyms ("sapote" 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 "sapote"):

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

Holonyms ("sapote" is a member of...):

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

Sense 2

Meaning:

Brown oval fruit flesh makes excellent sherbet

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Synonyms:

mammee; marmalade plum; sapote

Hypernyms ("sapote" is a kind of...):

edible fruit (edible reproductive body of a seed plant especially one having sweet flesh)

Holonyms ("sapote" is a part of...):

Calocarpum zapota; mammee; marmalade tree; Pouteria zapota; sapote (tropical American tree having wood like mahogany and sweet edible egg-shaped fruit; in some classifications placed in the genus Calocarpum)