sapote

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| name = Sapote

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| caption = Black sapote

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| type = Fruit

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| region = Mexico, Central America and northern parts of South America

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| serving_size = 100 g

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Sapote ({{IPAc-en|s|@|'|p|oU|t|i:|,_|-|eI|,_|-|@}};{{Cite MW|sapote|accessdate=2024-03-26}}{{cite dictionary |entry=sapote |entry-url=https://www.wordreference.com/definition/sapote |dictionary=WordReference.com Dictionary of English |access-date=26 March 2024 |language=en}}{{Cite OED|term=sapote|id=3396265629|access-date=2024-03-26}} from {{Langx|nah|tzapotl|label=Nahuatl}}{{cite journal |jstor=451954 |doi=10.2307/451954 |title=Nahuatl Words in American English |first=George |last=Watson |journal=American Speech |volume=13 |number=2 |date=April 1938 |pages=113–114 |quote=tropical evergreen tree Achras sapota [...] sapote [...] derivative from Nahuatl tzapotl. The Spanish diminutive form gave English sapodilla in the same sense}}) is a term for a soft, edible fruit. The word is incorporated into the common names of several unrelated fruit-bearing plants native to Mexico, Central America and northern parts of South America.{{cite book |last1=Morton |first1=Julia F. |author1-link=Julia Morton |title=Chupa-Chupa |url=http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/morton/chupa-chupa.html |via=Purdue University Horticulture & Landscape Architecture |access-date=26 March 2024 |location=Miami, FL |pages=291–292 |date=1987 |isbn=978-1626549722}} It is also known in Caribbean English as soapapple.{{Citation needed|date=March 2024}}