Sapote

Sapote (from Nahuatl tzapotl)[1] 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.

Some but not all sapotes come from the family Sapotaceae:

References

  1. ^ Watson, George (April 1938). "Nahuatl Words in American English". American Speech 13 (2): 113–114. JSTOR 451954. 
  2. ^ "Casimiroa edulis". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?9292. Retrieved 2009-03-26.