Meaning & use

sapodilla

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A tropical fruit with sweet, grainy brown flesh, grown on a tree native to Central America.

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She scooped the soft flesh of the ripe sapodilla with a spoon.

The market stall sold sapodillas alongside mangoes and papayas.

A note on using this word

The sapodilla tree also produces chicle, a natural latex once used as the base for chewing gum.

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