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Webster 1913 Edition


Sapotaceous

Sapˊo-ta′ceous

,
Adj.
(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.

Definition 2024


sapotaceous

sapotaceous

English

Adjective

sapotaceous (not comparable)

  1. (botany) Belonging to the Sapotaceae family.