noun
tropical trees having papery leaves and large fruit
• Syn: ↑genus Achras
• Hypernyms: ↑dicot genus, ↑magnoliopsid genus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Sapotaceae, ↑family Sapotaceae, ↑sapodilla family
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\\ˈakrəs, -ˌras\ nounEtymology: New Latin, from Latin, a wild pear tree (probably Pyrus amygdaliformis), from Greek; akin to Albanian dardhe pear tree
1. capitalized : a monotypic genus of tropical American trees (family Sapotaceae) having papery leaves and small white flowers followed by a large one-seeded fruit
2. : sapodilla
Useful english dictionary. 2012.