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Added 9 October 2026

avocado

/ˌævəˈkɑːdəʊ/ noun

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The large, usually yellowish-green or black, savory fruit of the avocado tree.
The avocado tree, Persea americana, of the laurel family.
A dark chartreuse color, like the color of the skin of an avocado.
avocado:

adjective

Of a dull yellowish-green colour.

Origin

Borrowed from Latin American Spanish avocado, from the earlier aguacate, which comes from Classical Nahuatl āhuacatl (“avocado”). Doublet of abacate. Compare aguacatillo, avocadillo. The first mention can be found in a catalogue of Jamaican plants in 1696.

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