sap·o·dil·la (s?p??-d?l??, -d??y?)n.1. An evergreen tree (Manilkara zapota) of Mexico and Central America, having latex that yields chicle and edible fruit with sweet yellow-brown flesh.2. The fruit of this plant.[Spanish zapotillo, diminutive of zapote, sapodilla fruit, from Nahuatl tzapotl.]American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.sapodilla (?sæp??d?l?) n1. (Plants) a large tropical American evergreen tree, Achras zapota, the latex of which yields chicle2. (Plants) Also called: sapodilla plum the edible brown rough-skinned fruit of this tree, which has a sweet yellowish pulp Also called: naseberry or sapota [C17: from Spanish zapotillo, diminutive of zapote sapodilla fruit, from Nahuatl tsapotl]Collins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014sap?o?dil?la (?sæp ??d?l ?) n., pl. -las. 1. a large evergreen tree, Achras zapota, of tropical America, bearing an edible fruit: yields chicle. 2. Also called sap?odil?la plum?. the fruit itself. [1690?1700;