blacksapote

black sapote n.

1. A tropical American tree (Diospyros digyna) closely related to the persimmon, having edible, olive-green fruit that blackens when ripe and has a soft, chocolate-brown pulp.

2. The fruit of this plant.

  [black + American Spanish zapote, persimmonlike fruit (from Nahuatl tzapotl).]

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