AVOCADO


Meaning of AVOCADO in English

n. (pl. -os)

1. (in full avocado pear) a pear-shaped fruit with rough leathery skin, a smooth oily edible flesh, and a large stone.

2 the tropical evergreen tree, Persea americana, native to Central America, bearing this fruit. Also called alligator pear.

3 the light green colour of the flesh of this fruit.

Etymology: Sp., advocate (substituted for Aztec ahuacatl)

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.