slovo | definícia |
sapota (encz) | sapota, n: |
sapota (czen) | sapota,chiclen: Zdeněk Brož |
Sapota (gcide) | Sapota \Sa*po"ta\, n. [NL., from Sp. sapote, zapote. See
Sapodilla.] (Bot.)
The sapodilla.
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sapota (wn) | sapota
n 1: tropical fruit with a rough brownish skin and very sweet
brownish pulp [syn: sapodilla, sapodilla plum,
sapota] |
| podobné slovo | definícia |
sapota (encz) | sapota, n: |
sapota (czen) | sapota,chiclen: Zdeněk Brož |
Achras Sapota (gcide) | Sapodilla \Sap`o*dil"la\, n. [Sp. zapote, sapotillo, zapotillo,
Mexican cochit-zapotl. Cf. Sapota.] (Bot.)
A tall, evergeen, tropical American tree (Achras Sapota);
also, its edible fruit, the sapodilla plum. [Written also
sapadillo, sappadillo, sappodilla, and zapotilla.]
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Sapodilla plum (Bot.), the fruit of Achras Sapota. It is
about the size of an ordinary quince, having a rough,
brittle, dull brown rind, the flesh being of a dirty
yellowish white color, very soft, and deliciously sweet.
Called also naseberry. It is eatable only when it begins
to be spotted, and is much used in desserts.
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Sapota zapotilla (gcide) | Chicle \Chic"le\, n., Chicle gum \Chicle gum\ [Amer. Sp.
chicle.]
A gumlike substance obtained from the bully tree ({Mimusops
globosa}) and sometimes also from the naseberry or sapodilla
(Sapota zapotilla). It is more plastic than caoutchouc and
more elastic than gutta-percha, as an adulterant of which it
is used in England. It is used largely in the United States
in making chewing gum.
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Sapotaceous (gcide) | Sapotaceous \Sap`o*ta"ceous\, a. (Bot.)
Of or pertaining to a natural order (Sapotaceae) of (mostly
tropical) trees and shrubs, including the star apple, the
Lucuma, or natural marmalade tree, the gutta-percha tree
(Isonandra), and the India mahwa, as well as the sapodilla,
or sapota, after which the order is named.
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family sapotaceae (wn) | family Sapotaceae
n 1: tropical trees or shrubs with milky juice and often edible
fleshy fruit [syn: Sapotaceae, family Sapotaceae,
sapodilla family] |
sapota (wn) | sapota
n 1: tropical fruit with a rough brownish skin and very sweet
brownish pulp [syn: sapodilla, sapodilla plum,
sapota] |
sapotaceae (wn) | Sapotaceae
n 1: tropical trees or shrubs with milky juice and often edible
fleshy fruit [syn: Sapotaceae, family Sapotaceae,
sapodilla family] |
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