SAPOTE

Sapote

Sapote 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.

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sapote

Noun

  1. The soft, edible fruit of various South American trees, including the sapodilla.
    1. Sapotaceae species:
      1. Manilkara zapota, sapodilla, naseberry, native to Mexico, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Belize, and possibly El Salvador.
      2. , yellow sapote, native to Mexico and Central America.
      3. Pouteria sapota, mamey sapote, from southern Mexico to northern South America.
      4. , green sapote, native to lowland southern Mexico.
    2. Ebenaceae species:
      1. , black sapote, from eastern Mexico south to Colombia.
      2. , chapote, is native to the lower Rio Grande valley region in Texas and Mexico.
    3. Rutaceae species:
      1. , white sapote, native to northern and central Mexico, Costa Rica, El Salvador and Guatemala.


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