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sapota

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
sapota
IPA
8
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The tropical fruit from the sapodilla tree, Manilkara zapota. The fruit is 4–8 cm in diameter, has a fuzzy brown skin with very sweet earthy-brown flesh.

noun

Sapote, the similar fruit of various other tropical and semi-tropical trees, such as Pouteria sapota.

Etymology

Latinization of Nahuatl tzapocuahuitl (“Manilkara zapota, sapodilla”)

Word Breakdown

  • Root: tzapocuahuitl

Inflected Forms

sapotas (plural)

Synonyms

sapodilla sapodilla plum

Questions

What does sapota mean?
The tropical fruit from the sapodilla tree, Manilkara zapota. The fruit is 4–8 cm in diameter, has a fuzzy brown skin with very sweet earthy-brown flesh.
Where does sapota come from?
Latinization of Nahuatl tzapocuahuitl (“Manilkara zapota, sapodilla”)

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