Biology (plants and animals)

Source: Wisdom Library: Local Names of Plants and Drugs

Sapota [ಸಪೋಟ] in the Kannada language is the name of a plant identified with Manilkara zapota (L.) P.Royen from the Sapotaceae (Mahua) family. For the possible medicinal usage of sapota, you can check this page for potential sources and references, although be aware that any some or none of the side-effects may not be mentioned here, wether they be harmful or beneficial to health.

Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)

Sapota in India is the name of a plant defined with Lophira alata in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Lophira procera A. Chev. (among others).

Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):

· Parasitology Research (2010)
· Supplementum carpologiae. . . . 3: 52, t. 188. 1805, A General History of the Dichlamydeous Plants 1: 814. 1831 and Journal of Botany, British and Foreign 15: 186–188. 1901, Exploration Botanique de l’Afrique Occidentale Française ... 5: 154. 1909, Journal of Natural Products 69(8): 1206–1208. 2006, (1805)

If you are looking for specific details regarding Sapota, for example diet and recipes, pregnancy safety, health benefits, side effects, chemical composition, extract dosage, have a look at these references.

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This sections includes definitions from the five kingdoms of living things: Animals, Plants, Fungi, Protists and Monera. It will include both the official binomial nomenclature (scientific names usually in Latin) as well as regional spellings and variants.

Languages of India and abroad

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

sapōṭa (सपोट) [or सपोटी, sapōṭī].—ad (sa With, pōṭa Belly.) With or inclusively of the belly-provision; with the understanding that the man is to find himself in food;--used of entertaining a servant or laborer, or of settling pay or wages.

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sapōta (सपोत).—a (See pōta) Of good texture--cloth.

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Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Sapota (सपोत).—a. Having a boat.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Sapota (सपोत):—[=sa-pota] [from sa > sa-pakṣa] mf(ā)n. having a ship or boat, [Siṃhāsana-dvātriṃśikā or vikramāditya-caritra, jaina recension]

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Sapōṭa (ಸಪೋಟ):—

1) [noun] the evergreen tree Achras sapota ( = A. zapota, = Sapota achras) of Sapotaceae family; sapota tree.

2) [noun] its brown, rough-skinned fruit having a sweet, yellowish pulp; sapota.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Sha, Ca, Pota.

Starts with: Sapotas, Sapotasima.

Ends with: Casimiroa sapota, Chikku sapota, Dasapota, Pouteria sapota, Vamshapota.

Full-text (+34): Sapote, Sapotas, Matasano, Cochitzapotl, Zapote blanco, Urata, Guia, White zapote, Tzapotl, Ajachel, Quia, Matasan, Mexican apple, Mammee sapote, Tru'ng g, Zapote dormilon, Movata, Ciko mama, Chikku sapota, Chico-mamey.

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