Sapotaceous

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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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