zapotehttp://www.oed.com/dictionary/zapote_n%3Ftab%3Dmeaning_and_usezapote, n.
First published 1986; not fully revised

zapotenoun

  1. 1842–
    1. 1842
      Fruit—oranges, Zapotes, etc.
      S. Maverick, Journal 16 December (1953) ix. 185
    2. 1909
      The Zapote..should secure the appreciation of the English fruitarian.
      Chambers's Journal August 557/2
    3. 1926
      A big basket piled with mangoes, papayas, zapotes—all the tropical fruits one did not want, in hot weather.
      D. H. Lawrence, Plumed Serpent xiv. 229
    4. 1948
      Fruit trees include the fig,..white and black zapotes.
      G. M. Foster, Empire's Children 27/2

zapote, n. was first published in 1986; not fully revised.

zapote, n. was last modified in December 2024.