\Sap`o*ta"ceous\, a. (Bot.)
Of or pertaining to a natural order ({Sapotace[ae]}) of
(mostly tropical) trees and shrubs, including the star apple,
the Lucuma, or natural marmalade tree, the gutta-percha tree
({Isonandra}), and the India mahwa, as well as the sapodilla,
or sapota, after which the order is named.