"Sapota" Natural Recordings by Native Speakers
Sapota is a type of fruit that comes from the tree Sapotaceae. It is also known as chikoo or sapodilla. The sapota fruit is brown in color with a soft and sweet pulp surrounded by a hard shell. It is native to Central and South America and is also grown in other parts of the world.
Saponifies means to convert into a soap or a soap-like substance, often through a chemical reaction involving fat or oil. This can happen through heat (saponification reaction), where a fatty acid reacts with an alkali, such as sodium or potassium hydroxide, to produce soap and alcohol. For example: "The mixture will saponify when it comes into contact with the alkaline solution."
To convert a substance into soap by reacting it with alkali.<br><br>Example: The soap is produced when the oils are saponified.<br><br>Synonyms: soapify, alkylate, emulsify.<br><br>Antonyms: desaponify, degrease.