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avocado
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As a noun, avocado means the large, usually yellowish-green or black, savory fruit of the avocado tree. As an adjective, it means of a dull yellowish-green colour.
Meanings of avocado
6 meaningsnoun
The large, usually yellowish-green or black, savory fruit of the avocado tree.
The avocado tree, Persea americana, of the laurel family.
colormostly uncountableA dark chartreuse colour, like the colour of the skin of an avocado.
A pear-shaped tropical fruit with green or blackish skin and rich yellowish pulp enclosing a single large seedfood
Similar: alligator pear, avocado pear, aguacateTropical American tree bearing large pulpy green fruitsplant
Similar: avocado tree, Persea Americana
adjective
Of a dull yellowish-green colour.
Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).