SAPODILLA

 Dictionary entry overview: What does sapodilla mean? 

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

1. large tropical American evergreen yielding chicle gum and edible fruit; sometimes placed in genus Achras
2. tropical fruit with a rough brownish skin and very sweet brownish pulp

  Familiarity information: SAPODILLA used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SAPODILLA (noun)

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" is a kind of...):

fruit tree (tree bearing edible fruit)

Meronyms (parts of "sapodilla"):

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

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

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

Meaning:

Tropical fruit with a rough brownish skin and very sweet brownish pulp

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Synonyms:

sapodilla plum; sapota; sapodilla

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

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

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

Achras zapota; Manilkara zapota; sapodilla; sapodilla tree (large tropical American evergreen yielding chicle gum and edible fruit; sometimes placed in genus Achras)