AVOCADO

Avocado

The avocado is a tree native to Mexico and Central America, classified in the flowering plant family Lauraceae along with cinnamon, camphor and bay laurel. Avocado or alligator pear also refers to the fruit, botanically a large berry that contains a single seed.

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avocado

Noun

  1. The large, usually yellowish-green or black, pulpy fruit of the avocado tree.
  2. The avocado tree, , of the laurel family.
  3. A dull yellowish-green colour, the colour of the meat of an avocado.

Adjective

  1. Of a dull yellowish-green colour.


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