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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 sap·o·dil·la /ˌsæpəˈdɪlə, ˈdijə/
 赤鐵科常青樹;其果實

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Sap·o·dil·la n.  Bot. A tall, evergeen, tropical American tree (Achras Sapota); also, its edible fruit, the sapodilla plum. [Written also sapadillo, sappadillo, sappodilla, and zapotilla.]
 Sapodilla plum Bot., the fruit of Achras Sapota. It is about the size of an ordinary quince, having a rough, brittle, dull brown rind, the flesh being of a dirty yellowish white color, very soft, and deliciously sweet. Called also naseberry. It is eatable only when it begins to be spotted, and is much used in desserts.
 

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 sapodilla
      n 1: large tropical American evergreen yielding chicle gum and
           edible fruit; sometimes placed in genus Achras [syn: sapodilla
           tree, Manilkara zapota, Achras zapota]
      2: tropical fruit with a rough brownish skin and very sweet
         brownish pulp [syn: sapodilla plum, sapota]