avocado
avocado Lexical Profile
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• noun
A pear-shaped fruit with rough, dark green or purplish skin, smooth light green edible flesh, and a large central pit.
"She mashed a ripe avocado with lime juice, salt, and cilantro to make fresh guacamole."
A tropical evergreen tree of the laurel family, native to Mexico and Central America, widely cultivated for its edible fruit.
"The avocado tree in their backyard finally produced an abundant harvest after five years of careful tending."
A light yellowish-green color characteristic of the inner flesh of an avocado.
"The kitchen was deliberately styled with the avocado appliances that were incredibly popular in the 1970s."
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Word Origin & Etymology
From American Spanish 'aguacate', which derives from the Nahuatl word 'āhuacatl', meaning 'testicle', likely due to the fruit's shape.