| 单词 | avocado |
| 释义 | avocado /av'euh kah"doh, ah'veuh-/, n. , pl. avocados. 1. 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, esp. in salads. 2. the tree itself. [1690-1700; alter. of Sp abogado lit., lawyer (see ADVOCATE), by confusion with MexSp aguacate < Nahuatl ahuacatl avocado, testicle; cf. ALLIGATOR PEAR] |
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