HyperDic: sapodilla_family

English > 1 sense of the expression sapodilla family:
NOUNplantsapodilla family, Sapotaceae, family Sapotaceaetropical trees or shrubs with milky juice and often edible fleshy fruit
English > sapodilla family: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
MeaningTropical trees or shrubs with milky juice and often edible fleshy fruit.
SynonymsSapotaceae, family Sapotaceae
Member ofEbenales, order EbenalesTrees or shrubs of the families ... / families Ebenaceae or Sapotaceae or Styracaceae or Symplocaceae
MembersAchras, genus AchrasTropical trees having papery leaves and large fruit
Bumelia, genus Bumeliadeciduous or evergreen American shrubs small trees having very hard wood and milky latex
Calocarpum, genus CalocarpumA genus of tropical American trees of the family Sapotaceae
Chrysophyllum, genus ChrysophyllumTropical American evergreen trees or shrubs
Manilkara, genus Manilkaragenus of large evergreen trees with milky latex
Palaquium, genus Palaquiumlarge genus of Malaysian trees with milky juice and leathery leaves
Payena, genus Payenagenus of medium to large Malaysian trees yielding gutta-percha
Pouteria, genus PouteriaTropical American timber tree with edible fruit (canistel)
Broaderdicot family, magnoliopsid familyfamily of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination
Spanishsapotáceas

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