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 Definitions of avocado  [ˌæv əˈkɑ doʊ, ˌɑ və-]  

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Definition of 'avocado' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) avocado
a large, usu. pear-shaped fruit having green to blackish skin, a single large seed, and soft, light green pulp, borne by the tropical American tree, Persea americana, of the laurel family: often eaten raw.

2.  avocado
the tree itself.

Etymology:  (1690–1700; alter. of MexSp aguacate < Nahuatl āhuacatl)

Definition of 'avocado' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) avocado, alligator pear, avocado pear, aguacate
a pear-shaped tropical fruit with green or blackish skin and rich yellowish pulp enclosing a single large seed

2. (adj) avocado, avocado tree, Persea Americana
tropical American tree bearing large pulpy green fruits

3. (adj) avocado
of the dull yellowish green of the meat of an avocado


Definition of 'avocado' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) avocado
an oval dark green fruit with a large stone


Definition of 'avocado' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) avocado
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


Translation of 'avocado' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: (also avocado pear ) a kind of pear-shaped tropical fruit.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: avokado Arabic flag Arabic: ثَمَرَة الكُمَّثْرى Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: авокадо
Brazilian flag Brazilian: abacate Czech flag Czech: avokádo German flag German: die Avokado
Danish flag Danish: avokado Greek flag Greek: αβοκάντο Spanish flag Spanish: aguacate
Estonian flag Estonian: avokaado Farsi flag Farsi: درخت آوکادو Finnish flag Finnish: avokado
French flag French: avocat Hebrew flag Hebrew: אָבוֹקָדוֹ Hindi flag Hindi: एक प्रकार काफल
Croatian flag Croatian: avokado Hungarian flag Hungarian: avokádó Indonesian flag Indonesian: apokat
Icelandic flag Icelandic: lárpera Italian flag Italian: avocado Japanese flag Japanese: アボカド
Korean flag Korean: 아보카도 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: avokada Latvian flag Latvian: avokado
Malay flag Malay: avokado Dutch flag Dutch: avocado Norwegian flag Norwegian: avokado
Persian flag Persian: درخت آوکادو Pashto flag Pashto: د اوکادو ونه Portuguese flag Portuguese: abacate
Romanian flag Romanian: avocado Russian flag Russian: авокадо Slovak flag Slovak: avokádo
Slovenian flag Slovenian: avokado Serbian flag Serbian: avokado Swedish flag Swedish: avokado
Thai flag Thai: อะโวคาโด ผลไม้เขตร้อนชนิด Turkish flag Turkish: avokado Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 鱷梨
Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: авокадо Urdu flag Urdu: ایک پھل کا نام Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: quả bơ
Chinese flag Chinese: 鳄梨,鳄梨树

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