Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
SAPODILLA
sapodilla, sapodilla plum, sapota
(noun) tropical fruit with a rough brownish skin and very sweet brownish pulp
sapodilla, sapodilla tree, Manilkara zapota, Achras zapota
(noun) large tropical American evergreen yielding chicle gum and edible fruit; sometimes placed in genus Achras
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
sapodilla (plural sapodillas)
Manilkara zapota, a long-lived evergreen tree native to the New World tropics.
The fruit from the sapodilla tree. The fruit is 4-8 cm in diameter, has a fuzzy brown skin with earthy brown flesh.
Synonyms
• chikoo
Anagrams
• sapadillo
Source: Wiktionary
Sap`o*dil"la, n. Etym: [Sp. zapote, sapotillo, zapotillo, Mexican cochit-zapotl. Cf. Sapota.] (Bot.)
Definition: A tall, evergeen, tropical American tree (Achras Sapota); also, its edible fruit, the sapodilla plum. [Written also sapadillo, sappadilo, 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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