sapodillan.
/ˌsapəˈdɪlə/, U.S. /ˌsæpəˈdɪlə/, /ˌsæpəˈdiə/ 1. A large evergreen tree, Achras Sapota, native of tropical America, having a durable wood and an edible fruit. Also called naseberry n.
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sapota1760
nispero1858
mesple1978
1697 W. Dampier New Voy. around World iii. 39 Where there grow great Groves of Sapadillies, which is a sort of Fruit much like a Pear, but more juicy.
1699 L. Wafer New Voy. & Descr. Isthmus Amer. 58 The Sambaloe's are..cover'd with a variety of Trees;..especially with Mammees, Sapadilloes, and Manchineel, &c.
1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. App. Sappadilla, a name used by some for the cainito, or chrysophyllum, of botanists.
1794 G. Adams Lect. Nat. & Exper. Philos. III. xxix. 218 Deal wood makes very good pendulum rods; the wood called Sapadillo is said to be still better.
1871 C. Kingsley At Last II. xi. 123 The glossy foliage of the mangos and sapodillas.
1892 M. North Recoll. Happy Life I. 99 The Sapodilla or kneesberry whose fruit is about the size of an apple and tastes like a medlar.
2. The fruit of this tree.
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the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > fruit or a fruit > other fruits > [noun]
tamarind1539
zizypha1546
guava1555
tuna1555
turpentine1562
mango1582
mammee1587
durian1588
lychee1588
sapota1589
fritter1591
mangosteen1598
custard apple1648
longan1655
mammee sapota1657
mammee apple1683
breadfruit1697
coco-plum1699
rambutan1707
pawpaw1709
locust bean1731
sapodilla1750
cherimoya1758
wild lime1767
Otaheite apple1777
narra1779
langsat1783
rose apple1790
cinnamon apple1796
sapota plum1797
bhindi1809
salak1820
gingerbread plum1824
geebung1827
loquat1829
sapodilla plum1830
sage-apple1832
kangaroo-apple1834
karaka-fruit1834
quandong1836
mombin1837
terap1839
zapote1842
tamarind plum1846
prairie pea1848
Barbados-cherry1858
kei-apple1859
Natal plum1859
bullock's heart1866
guava-apple1866
Sierra Leone peach1866
Turkey fig1866
marula1877
scarlet banana1885
Suriname cherry1895
feijoa1898
pear apple1898
ume1918
pepino1922
Chinese gooseberry1925
num-num1926
acerola1954
the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular types of fruit > [noun] > tropical exotic fruit > of South America or West Indies > sapodilla
sapota1589
sapodilla1750
sapota plum1797
sapodilla plum1830
zapote1842
1750 G. Hughes Nat. Hist. Barbados 148 The inside pulp of the fruit is milky, and of a soft sweet taste, not unlike a Sappadillo.
a1757 P. H. Bruce Memoirs (1782) xii. 423 They [the people of the Bahamas and adjacent islands] have tamarinds,..sapodylles, bananas, sowersops [etc.].
1764 J. Grainger Sugar-cane ii. 78 The sweetest sappadillas oft he brought.
1796 J. G. Stedman Narr. Exped. Surinam II. xxvi. 242 We had also the fruit called sabatille, which grows on a large tree.
1804 tr. J. B. Piguenard Zoflora I. 33 Negroes, who came..with oranges, lemons, pine apples, sapotillas, and all the different fruits of the country to sell.
1885 A. Brassey In Trades 323 Among the fruits of the Bahamas the sapodilla is abundant and cheap.
Compounds
C1. General attributive.
sapodilla wood n.
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1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. (at cited word) The West Indian Sapodilla-wood..is a fancy wood used for furniture.
C2.
sapodilla plum n. = sense 2.
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the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > fruit or a fruit > other fruits > [noun]
tamarind1539
zizypha1546
guava1555
tuna1555
turpentine1562
mango1582
mammee1587
durian1588
lychee1588
sapota1589
fritter1591
mangosteen1598
custard apple1648
longan1655
mammee sapota1657
mammee apple1683
breadfruit1697
coco-plum1699
rambutan1707
pawpaw1709
locust bean1731
sapodilla1750
cherimoya1758
wild lime1767
Otaheite apple1777
narra1779
langsat1783
rose apple1790
cinnamon apple1796
sapota plum1797
bhindi1809
salak1820
gingerbread plum1824
geebung1827
loquat1829
sapodilla plum1830
sage-apple1832
kangaroo-apple1834
karaka-fruit1834
quandong1836
mombin1837
terap1839
zapote1842
tamarind plum1846
prairie pea1848
Barbados-cherry1858
kei-apple1859
Natal plum1859
bullock's heart1866
guava-apple1866
Sierra Leone peach1866
Turkey fig1866
marula1877
scarlet banana1885
Suriname cherry1895
feijoa1898
pear apple1898
ume1918
pepino1922
Chinese gooseberry1925
num-num1926
acerola1954
the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular types of fruit > [noun] > tropical exotic fruit > of South America or West Indies > sapodilla
sapota1589
sapodilla1750
sapota plum1797
sapodilla plum1830
zapote1842
1830 J. Lindley Introd. Nat. Syst. Bot. 181 The Sappodilla Plum, the Star Apple [etc.].
1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 1018/2 S. Achras yields an edible fruit called in the West Indies the Sapodilla plum.
sapodilla-tree n. = sense 1.
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular fruit-tree or -plant > [noun] > tropical or exotic fruit-tree or -plant > of tropical America > sapodilla-tree
naseberry1679
sapodilla1697
sapodilla-tree1697
sapota1760
nispero1858
mesple1978
1697 W. Dampier New Voy. around World vii. 202 The Sapadillo Tree is as big as a large Pear-tree.
1908 R. W. Chambers Firing Line xxxvii Under the sapodilla-trees on the lawn.
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