sa|po|ta

sa|po|ta «suh POH tuh», noun.

1. = sapodilla. (Cf. ↑sapodilla)

2. a general term in tropical America for any one of various different sapotaceous fruits or the trees that these fruits grow on.

╂[< New Latin sapota < Mexican Spanish, variant of sapote, or zapote, short for Nahuatl cuauhtzapotl zapote tree]