Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The name of a number of fruits more or less spherical in form containing sweet edible pulp, and also of the trees which bear them. Also written
sapote . See the following.
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Examples
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The green-skin zapote is known in English as the custard apple.
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The most common zapote is green on the outside, creamy white on the inside, and tastes like a cross between a peach, a strawberry, and a banana.
Strange Fruit 2004
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Mamey fruit (sometime referred to as "zapote") is large and round, has brown skin and a fleshy orange pulp.
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Mamey fruit (sometime referred to as "zapote") is large and round, has brown skin and a fleshy orange pulp.
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Cherimoya (custard apple), guanabana (soursop), mamey (pouteria) and zapote (chocolate pudding fruit) are just a few of the tasty flavors that can be sampled, along with the more familiar mango, coconut, papaya and pineapple.
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Cherimoya (custard apple), guanabana (soursop), mamey (pouteria) and zapote (chocolate pudding fruit) are just a few of the tasty flavors that can be sampled, along with the more familiar mango, coconut, papaya and pineapple.
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Besides the usual flavor of ice cream you can find exotic flavors such as mamey and zapote, two of our original American fruits.
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Besides the usual flavor of ice cream you can find exotic flavors such as mamey and zapote, two of our original American fruits.
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Place your peeled zapote into a bowl and gently "chop" it with a spoon.
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If you look closely you will see that many of the trees produce the squishy black fruit called zapote negro.
Everybody's Happy At Morelos's Las Huertas Adventure Paradise 2008
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