: a pulpy green- to purple-skinned nutty-flavored fruit of any of various tropical American trees (genus Persea especially P. americana) of the laurel family
also: a tree bearing avocados
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: a light yellowish green
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Examples of avocado in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the WebAnother has cilantro chicken, avocado, corn and black bean salsa, and mozzarella.—Roxana Popescu, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 June 2024 It’s topped with mounds of mashed avocado, pickled onions, green olives and crumbles of feta cheese speckled with hot jalapeños.—Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 3 June 2024 The trial applies only to avocados, which have risen in popularity in the U.K. over the last decade, with avocado on toast a particular delicacy for millennials.—Amanda Gerut, Fortune Europe, 31 May 2024 Think tomato and burrata; avocado, radishes and microgreens; and peanut butter, bananas and berries.—Kate Bradshaw, The Mercury News, 29 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for avocado
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Word History
Etymology
modification of Spanish aguacate, from Nahuatl āhuacatl avocado, testicle
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