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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.