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noun / adjective

avocado

av-uh-KAH-doh/ˌævəˈkɑːdəʊ/

A large-seeded fruit with rich greenish flesh.

The cut avocado reveals creamy flesh around a large brown seed.

A whole pear-shaped green avocado beside a lengthwise-cut half, showing creamy pale yellow-green flesh and a single large brown pit.
Etymology
avocadoNahuatlavocado

Nahuatl ahuakatl named the fruit itself. It also had a secondary meaning “testicle,” probably based on resemblance, linking the fruit’s appearance to another use of its name.

In context

The Great Courses28:44
what about an avocado it seems to have a pit but the hard thing in the middle is really the seed not a hard covering around the seed so an avocado is a berry
Botany Basics | How to Identify Different Plant Species Around You

More examples

  • The salad combines ripe avocados with tomatoes and lime.
  • An avocado should yield slightly when ripe.
  • The kitchen still has its original avocado refrigerator.

Forms

avocado · avocados

Similar words

alligator pear
An older name for the same fruit, describing its skin and shape.
yellow-green
Names the broader color range without the fruit association.