noun.
A tropical American tree (Persea americana) having oval or pear-shaped fruit with leathery skin, yellowish-green flesh, and a large seed.
noun.
The edible fruit of this tree.
noun.
A dull green.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
noun.
The alligator-pear, the fruit of Persea gratissima, natural order Lauraceœ, a tree common in tropical America and the West Indies.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
noun.
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.
noun.
The large, usually yellowish-green or black, pulpy fruit of the avocado tree.
noun.
The avocado tree.
noun.
A dull yellowish-greencolour, the colour of the meat of an avocado.
adjective.
Of a dull yellowish-green colour.
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adjective.
of the dull yellowish green of the meat of an avocado
noun.
tropical American tree bearing large pulpy green fruits
noun.
a pear-shaped tropical fruit with green or blackish skin and rich yellowish pulp enclosing a single large seed
Word Usage
"The word avocado comes from "aguacate" in Spanish, which in turn comes from the Nahuatl Mexican native language "ahuacatl", referring to a certain intimate part of the male anatomy."