sapote n tropical American tree having wood like mahogany and sweet edible egg-shaped fruit; in some classifications placed in the genus Calocarpum n brown oval fruit flesh makes excellent sherbet Usage(s) Coming soon: Cuba's mamey sapote (which tastes like a cooked sweet potato), the yellow kiwi (smoother, less tart than the green type), and the jackfruit (fibrous, fleshy, richly . Synonym(s) marmalade tree mammee Pouteria zapota Calocarpum zapota marmalade plum