avocado

UK/ˌævəˈkɑːdəʊ/US/ˌɑvəˈkɑdoʊ/

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Other forms: avocados

An avocado is a soft green fruit with a very big stone. Famous on toast, and never ripe when you need it.

It is a fruit rather than a vegetable, and unusually for a fruit it is full of fat rather than sugar. The ripeness problem is real, since it goes from hard to brown in about a day. Guacamole is the classic use. The name came through Spanish from Nahuatl. Britain acquired it slowly and then completely, and it has become the standard example of generational spending habits.

Definitions of avocado

1nounavocadoA green pear-shaped fruit with soft flesh and a large stone.A2+
“He mashed an avocado onto the toast.”

Where it comes from

nci
āhuacatl — avocado
Spanish
avocado
English, today
avocado

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

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practised in Food & Drink, A Man Called Ove

First appears in chapter 29 of A Man Called Ove.

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avocado in the wild

The avocado, alligator pear or avocado pear (Persea americana) is an evergreen tree in the laurel family (Lauraceae).
Avocado
In 2024, Mexico was the world's leading producer of avocados, supplying 25% of the global harvest of 11.2 million tonnes.
Avocado
Guacamole, sometimes informally shortened to guac in the United States, is an avocado-based dip, spread, or salad first developed in Mexico.
Guacamole
The Hass avocado is a variety of avocado with dark green, bumpy skin.
Hass avocado
The Hass avocado is a large-sized fruit weighing 200 to 300 grams.
Hass avocado

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