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SAPODILLA TREE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sapodilla tree mean? 

SAPODILLA TREE (noun)
  The noun SAPODILLA TREE has 1 sense:

1. large tropical American evergreen yielding chicle gum and edible fruit; sometimes placed in genus Achrasplay

  Familiarity information: SAPODILLA TREE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SAPODILLA TREE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Large tropical American evergreen yielding chicle gum and edible fruit; sometimes placed in genus Achras

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Achras zapota; Manilkara zapota; sapodilla; sapodilla tree

Hypernyms ("sapodilla tree" is a kind of...):

fruit tree (tree bearing edible fruit)

Meronyms (parts of "sapodilla tree"):

sapodilla; sapodilla plum; sapota (tropical fruit with a rough brownish skin and very sweet brownish pulp)

Holonyms ("sapodilla tree" is a part of...):

genus Manilkara; Manilkara (genus of large evergreen trees with milky latex; pantropical)


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