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Webster 1913 Edition


Avocado


Avˊo-ca′do

,
Noun.
[Corrupted from the Mexican
ahuacatl
: cf. Sp.
aguacate
, F.
aguacaté
,
avocat
, G.
avogado
baum.]
The pulpy fruit of
Persea gratissima
, a tree of tropical America. It is about the size and shape of a large pear; – called also
avocado pear
,
alligator pear
,
midshipman’s butter
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Avocado

AVOCA'DO

,
Noun.
The Persea, or alligator-pear, a species ranked under the genus Laurus, a native of the W. Indies. The tree has a straight trunk, long oval pointed leaves, and flowers of six petals disposed like a star, produced in clusters, on the extremities of the branches. The fruit is insipid.
Avignon-berry, the fruit of a species of lycium, so called from the city, Avignon, in France. The berry is less than a pea, of a yellowish green color, and bitter astringent taste; used by dyers and painters for staining yellow.

Definition 2024


Avocado

Avocado

See also: avocado

German

Avocado

Noun

Avocado f (genitive Avocado, plural Avocados)

  1. avocado (fruit)

avocado

avocado

See also: Avocado

English

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An avocado

Noun

avocado (plural avocados or avocadoes or avocadi)

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

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • avocado pear
  • Hass avocado

Translations

Adjective

avocado (not comparable)

  1. Of a dull yellowish-green colour.

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Danish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Spanish aguacate, from Nahuatl āhuacatl (testicle, avocado).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /avokaːdo/, [avoˈkʰæːd̥o]

Noun

avocado c (singular definite avocadoen, plural indefinite avocadoer)

  1. avocado

Inflection


Italian

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ado

Noun

avocado m (invariable)

  1. avocado