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avocado

[ av-uh-kah-doh, ah-vuh- ]

noun

, plural av·o·ca·dos.
  1. Also called alligator pear. a large, usually pear-shaped fruit having green to blackish skin, a single large seed, and soft, light-green pulp, borne by the tropical American tree Persea americana and its variety P. adrymifolia, often eaten raw, especially in salads.
  2. the tree itself.


avocado

/ ˌævəˈkɑːdəʊ /

noun

  1. a pear-shaped fruit having a leathery green or blackish skin, a large stony seed, and a greenish-yellow edible pulp
  2. the tropical American lauraceous tree, Persea americana, that bears this fruit
    1. a dull greenish colour resembling that of the fruit
    2. (as modifier)

      an avocado bathroom suite



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Word History and Origins

Origin of avocado1

1690–1700; alteration of Spanish abogado literally, lawyer ( advocate ), by confusion with Mexican Spanish aguacate < Nahuatl āhuacatl avocado, testicle; alligator pear

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Word History and Origins

Origin of avocado1

C17: from Spanish aguacate, from Nahuatl ahuacatl testicle, alluding to the shape of the fruit

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Example Sentences

De Merode sits at a long table and digs into a plate piled with rice, beans, and avocado.

“I have three piles of fundraising,” she said, pushing aside a sliced egg and avocado salad to demonstrate.

Any time of the day here is good to try tayoyos, an oval-shaped cake made of masa and stuffed with beans and avocado leaves.

Chipotle noted in a recent investor letter that they might cut back on their signature guacamole because of avocado scarcity.

Of note: The bracketed [a] in the titles means that this is an avocado, as opposed to a male [m] or female [f].

Avocado pears or alligator pears are pear-shaped, but look more like green and brown fresh figs.

The origin of that of alligator is unknown; avocado is a corruption of the Mexican ahuaca, or aguacate.

Sure is nice to rub up against some Southern swells like we did that night at the Avocado Club.

The Avocado is easily reproduced by budding and grafting, and the best varieties may be obtained in this manner.

They have not the plantain, good 21 baked, nor the avocado or alligator pear, which fried in butter or oil is so admirable.

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