sapodilla

From Spanish sapodilla, from Nahuatl tzapocuahuitl.

• IPA^(key): /ˌsæpəˈdɪlə/
• Rhymes: -ɪlə

sapodilla (plural sapodillas)

1. A long-lived evergreen tree, Manilkara zapota, native to the New World tropics.
2. The edible fruit of this tree.
   • 1988, Jorge Amado, translated by Gregory Rabassa, Captains of the Sands, Penguin, published 2013, page 45:

     They heard the flight of the bats as they attacked the ripe sapodillas at their feet.

• chikoo
• naseberry

• pallisado, sapadillo

Borrowed from English sapodilla. Doublet of sapotiglia.

• IPA^(key): /sa.poˈdil.la/
• Rhymes: -illa
• Hyphenation: sa‧po‧dìl‧la

sapodilla f (plural sapodille)

1. sapodilla (Manilkara zapota)

   Synonyms: acra, sapotiglia

• sapodilla in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana