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Sapota
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sapota sapōtā
Translingual
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Etymology
Borrowed from mul es zapote, from a mul azc-nah language, from mul azc-nah-pro *ȼapo- *ȼapo-tl.
Proper noun
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mul obsolete A polyphyletic genus of fruit-bearing tropical and semi-tropical trees, the type species of which, sapodilla, is now called Manilkara zapota species; some, but by no means all, of the other species at now assigned to other genera in family Sapotaceae family.
Derived terms
Sapotaceae family
References
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mul Taxonomic names (obsolete) Sapote family plants