Avocado Definition

ăvə-kädō, ävə-

avocados

noun

avocados

A tropical American tree (Persea americana) having oval or pear-shaped fruit with leathery skin, yellowish-green flesh, and a large seed.

American Heritage

A widespread, thick-skinned, pear-shaped tropical fruit, yellowish green to purplish black, with a single large seed and yellow, buttery flesh, used in salads; alligator pear.

Webster's New World

The edible fruit of this tree.

American Heritage

The tree (Persea americana) of the laurel family on which it grows.

Webster's New World

A dull green.

American Heritage

Synonyms:

Synonyms:
alligator-pear
aguacate
avocado pear
avocado tree
Persea Americana

adjective

Of a dull yellowish-green colour.

Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Avocado

Noun

Singular:

avocado

Plural:

avocados

Origin of Avocado

Alteration (perhaps influenced in form by obsolete Spanish avocado lawyer) of Early Modern English avogato, avocato from American Spanish aguacate from Nahuatl āhuacatl avocado, testicle

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From Spanish aguacate, from Nahuatl āhuacatl. Influenced by confusion with Spanish abogado (“lawyer”).

From Wiktionary