WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
sapote n 1: tropical American tree having wood like mahogany and sweet edible egg-shaped fruit; in some classifications placed in the genus Calocarpum [syn: marmalade tree, mammee, sapote, Pouteria zapota, Calocarpum zapota] 2: brown oval fruit flesh makes excellent sherbet [syn: sapote, mammee, marmalade plum]