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tropical American tree having wood like mahogany and sweet edible egg-shaped fruit; in some classifications placed in the genus Calocarpum

1. : a tropical American tree (Calocarpum zapota) that has wood like mahogany, large obovate leaves, and an egg-shaped single-seeded fruit

2. : mammee

sapote (def. 1).

[1865-70]

marmalade tree noun

A tropical American sapotaceous tree (Vitellaria, or Lucuma, mammosa) cultivated for its fruit, the marmalade plum

Main Entry: ↑marmalade

marmalade tree,

an evergreen Central American tree of the sapodilla family that yields a fruit whose pulp resembles marmalade. The fruit is used in preserves.