Săp'o-dil'la, n.

n. [Fr. sapotillier, D. sapodilleboom, Sp. zapote, sapotilla, zapotilla, Mexican cochit-zapoti. Cf. SAPOTA.] (Bot.) A tree of the genus Achras (A. sapota), growing in the West Indies, and in some parts of South America. It is a large, tall, and straight tree, often having no branches for the distance of sixty or seventy feet from the ground. [Written also sapadillo, sappadillo, sappodilla, and zapotilla.]