avocado

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
13
Words With Friends
15
Letters
7
Pronunciation
/ævəˈkɑːdəʊ/
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/ævəˈkɑːdəʊ/ · /ɑvəˈkɑdoʊ/ · [ɑvəˈkɑɾoʊ] · /ævəˈkɑdoʊ/ · [ævəˈkɑɾoʊ] · /əvɵˈkɑɖo/ · /-æɖo/

Definition of avocado

4 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)The large, usually yellowish-green or black, savory fruit of the avocado tree.
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noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)The large, usually yellowish-green or black, savory fruit of the avocado tree.
  2. (countable, uncountable)The avocado tree, Persea americana, of the laurel family.
  3. (uncountable)A dark chartreuse color, like the color of the skin of an avocado.
    “It was exactly the same as my bathroom. Same cork floor, same avocado bathroom set.”

adj

  1. (not-comparable)Of a dull yellowish-green colour.

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Etymology

Borrowed from Latin American Spanish avocado, from the earlier aguacate, which comes from Classical Nahuatl āhuacatl (“avocado”). Doublet of abacate. Compare aguacatillo, avocadillo. The first mention can be found in the 1696 catalogue of Jamaican plants.

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