1. Large tropical American evergreen yielding chicle gum and edible fruit
   "Traditional chewing gum was made from sapodilla tree sap";
   - sapodilla tree, Manilkara zapota, Achras zapota
    
2. Tropical fruit with a rough brownish skin and very sweet brownish pulp
   "The sapodilla plum's sweet flavour made it perfect for desserts";
   - sapodilla plum, sapota, naseberry

Derived forms: sapodillas

Type of: edible fruit, fruit tree

Part of: genus Manilkara, Manilkara

Encyclopedia: Sapodilla