Sapote

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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  sapote
       n 1: tropical American tree having wood like mahogany and sweet
            edible egg-shaped fruit; in some classifications placed
            in the genus Calocarpum [syn: {marmalade tree}, {mammee},
             {Pouteria zapota}, {Calocarpum zapota}]
       2: brown oval fruit flesh makes excellent sherbet [syn: {mammee},


           {marmalade plum}]