avocado
Also called alligator pear. a large, usually 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 and its variety P. adrymifolia, often eaten raw, especially in salads.
the tree itself.
Origin of avocado
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How to use avocado in a sentence
Since the concept of planting trees is a verified way by carbon offset marketplaces to reduce planet-warming emissions, Hannah Gbeh, executive director of San Diego’s Farm Bureau branch, wonders why citrus or avocado trees wouldn’t count.
Farmers Want to Create San Diego’s Carbon Dumps | MacKenzie Elmer | February 3, 2021 | Voice of San DiegoIts ingredients include avocado, fresh herbs like cilantro or parsley, and chile peppers — though Araujo keeps her own recipe and its ingredients a closely guarded secret.
Why Caracas Arepa Bar’s House Salsa Is a Condiment All-Star | Tanay Warerkar | January 29, 2021 | EaterUsually, she said, she picks up a few bulky vegetables — a bunch of kale, maybe, or a few avocados — to disguise the pricier items she slips into her bag at the self checkout.
Stealing to survive: More Americans are shoplifting food as aid runs out during the pandemic | Abha Bhattarai, Hannah Denham | December 10, 2020 | Washington PostThe holiday-season rum-centric box features a Filipino-inspired cocktail flavored with avocado and coconut.
Gifts to make eating at home feel like dining out | Corinne Iozzio | November 23, 2020 | Popular-ScienceWe have avocados that are a great source of riboflavin, vitamins C and potassium.
De Merode sits at a long table and digs into a plate piled with rice, beans, and avocado.
A Belgian Prince, Gorillas, Guerrillas & the Future of the Congo | Nina Strochlic | November 6, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST“I have three piles of fundraising,” she said, pushing aside a sliced egg and avocado salad to demonstrate.
Can New York Democrat Zephyr Teachout Stop Governor Andrew Cuomo? | David Freedlander | August 18, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAny time of the day here is good to try tayoyos, an oval-shaped cake made of masa and stuffed with beans and avocado leaves.
Chipotle noted in a recent investor letter that they might cut back on their signature guacamole because of avocado scarcity.
America’s Next Agricultural Revolution Will Happen Indoors | Sarah Kunst | April 26, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTOf note: The bracketed [a] in the titles means that this is an avocado, as opposed to a male [m] or female [f].
Five Subreddits You May Have Missed, and Probably Still Should Give a Miss | Kelly Williams Brown | April 5, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTavocado pears or alligator pears are pear-shaped, but look more like green and brown fresh figs.
Harper's Round Table, October 22, 1895 | VariousThe origin of that of alligator is unknown; avocado is a corruption of the Mexican ahuaca, or aguacate.
Origin of Cultivated Plants | Alphonse De CandolleSure is nice to rub up against some Southern swells like we did that night at the avocado Club.
The Job | Sinclair LewisThe avocado is easily reproduced by budding and grafting, and the best varieties may be obtained in this manner.
Fruits of the Hawaiian Islands | Gerrit Parmile WilderThey have not the plantain, good 21 baked, nor the avocado or alligator pear, which fried in butter or oil is so admirable.
The Art of Entertaining | M. E. W. Sherwood
British Dictionary definitions for avocado
/ (ˌævəˈkɑːdəʊ) /
a pear-shaped fruit having a leathery green or blackish skin, a large stony seed, and a greenish-yellow edible pulp
the tropical American lauraceous tree, Persea americana, that bears this fruit
a dull greenish colour resembling that of the fruit
(as modifier): an avocado bathroom suite
Origin of avocado
1- Also called (for senses 1, 2): avocado pear, alligator pear
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