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av·o·ca·do
(ăv′ə-kä′dō, ä′və-)n. pl. av·o·ca·dos
1.
a. A tropical American tree (Persea americana) having oval or pear-shaped fruit with leathery skin, yellowish-green flesh, and a large seed.
b. The edible fruit of this tree. Also called alligator pear, avocado pear.
2. A dull green.
[Early Modern English avogato, avocato, avocado, ultimately (probably with phonetic influence from obsolete Spanish avocado, lawyer (now abogado); compare French avocat, lawyer, avocado) from American Spanish aguacate, avocado, from Nahuatl āhuacatl.]
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avocado
(ˌævəˈkɑːdəʊ)n, pl -dos
Also called (for senses 1, 2): avocado pear or alligator pear 1. (Plants) a pear-shaped fruit having a leathery green or blackish skin, a large stony seed, and a greenish-yellow edible pulp
2. (Plants) the tropical American lauraceous tree, Persea americana, that bears this fruit
3. (Colours)
a. a dull greenish colour resembling that of the fruit
b. (as modifier): an avocado bathroom suite.
[C17: from Spanish aguacate, from Nahuatl ahuacatl testicle, alluding to the shape of the fruit]
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av•o•ca•do
(ˌæv əˈkɑ doʊ, ˌɑ və-)n., pl. -dos.
1. a large, usu. 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, of the laurel family: often eaten raw.
2. the tree itself.
[1690–1700; alter. of Mexican Spanish aguacate < Nahuatl āhuacatl]
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| Noun | 1. |  avocado - a pear-shaped tropical fruit with green or blackish skin and rich yellowish pulp enclosing a single large seededible fruit - edible reproductive body of a seed plant especially one having sweet flesh |
| 2. |  avocado - tropical American tree bearing large pulpy green fruitsaguacate, alligator pear, avocado, avocado pear - a pear-shaped tropical fruit with green or blackish skin and rich yellowish pulp enclosing a single large seed genus Persea, Persea - avocado fruit tree - tree bearing edible fruit | |
| Adj. | 1. |  avocado - of the dull yellowish green of the meat of an avocadochromatic - being or having or characterized by hue |
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avocado
[ævəˈkɑːdəʊ] N (avocados (pl))Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
avocado
(ӕvəˈkaːdəu) – plural ˌavoˈcados – noun (also avocado pear) a kind of pear-shaped tropical fruit. aguacate
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avocado
n aguacate mEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.