Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Sapotaceous \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.