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Avocado   /ˌævəkˈɑdoʊ/   Listen
Avocado

noun
(pl. avocados)
1.
A pear-shaped tropical fruit with green or blackish skin and rich yellowish pulp enclosing a single large seed.  Synonyms: aguacate, alligator pear, avocado pear.
2.
Tropical American tree bearing large pulpy green fruits.  Synonyms: avocado tree, Persea Americana.
adjective
1.
Of the dull yellowish green of the meat of an avocado.



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"Avocado" Quotes from Famous Books



... the Bilimbi and Guava, the latter of which is naturalised in the jungle around every cottage, are almost the only fruits of the country; but the Pine-apple, the Mango, the Avocado-pear, the Custard-apple, the Rambutan (Nephelium lappaceum), the Fig, the Granadilla, and a number of other exotics, are successfully reared in the gardens of the wealthier inhabitants of the towns and villages; ...
— Ceylon; an Account of the Island Physical, Historical, and • James Emerson Tennent


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