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zapotilla

/ˌzæpəˈtɪlə/

zapotilla is the alternative form of sapodilla.

Meaning of sapodilla

Noun

sapodilla (plural sapodillas)

  1. A long-lived evergreen tree, Manilkara zapota, native to the New World tropics.
    Synonyms:
    chikoo, naseberry
  2. The edible fruit of this tree.
    • They heard the flight of the bats as they attacked the ripe sapodillas at their feet.1988, Jorge Amado, translated by Gregory Rabassa, Captains of the Sands, Penguin, published 2013, page 45
    Synonyms:
    sapodilla plum

Forms of zapotilla

pluralzapotillas

Questions about zapotilla

What is zapotilla the alternative form of?
Zapotilla is the alternative form of sapodilla.
How do you pronounce zapotilla?
Zapotilla is pronounced /ˌzæpəˈtɪlə/.

Words near zapotilla in the dictionary

  1. Zapotecans
  2. Zapoteco
  3. Zapotecs
  4. zapoterin
  5. zapotes
  6. zapotilla
  7. zapotillas
  8. zapotin
  9. Zappa
  10. zappable
  11. Zappaesque

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Adapted from Wiktionary: zapotilla (page history and authors); sapodilla (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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