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avocado noun (avocados) 1 a tropical evergreen tree of the laurel family, with large oval leaves, small yellowish flowers and a pear-shaped fruit. 2 the edible pear-shaped fruit of this tree, which has a rough thick greenish-brown skin and creamy flesh which is eaten fresh. Also called avocado pear or alligator pear. 3 the greyish-green colour of the flesh of this fruit. Also as adj.
ETYMOLOGY: 17c: from Nahuatl ahuacatl testicle, so called because of the resemblance of the fruit's stone to a testicle in the scrotum.
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