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av·o·ca·do
(ăv′ə-kä′dō, ä′və-)n. pl. av·o·ca·dos
1.
a. A tropical American tree (Persea americana) having oval or pear-shaped fruit with leathery skin, yellowish-green flesh, and a large seed.
b. The edible fruit of this tree. Also called alligator pear, avocado pear.
2. A dull green.
[Early Modern English avogato, avocato, avocado, ultimately (probably with phonetic influence from obsolete Spanish avocado, lawyer (now abogado); compare French avocat, lawyer, avocado) from American Spanish aguacate, avocado, from Nahuatl āhuacatl.]
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avocado
(ˌævəˈkɑːdəʊ)n, pl -dos
Also called (for senses 1, 2): avocado pear or alligator pear 1. (Plants) a pear-shaped fruit having a leathery green or blackish skin, a large stony seed, and a greenish-yellow edible pulp
2. (Plants) the tropical American lauraceous tree, Persea americana, that bears this fruit
3. (Colours)
a. a dull greenish colour resembling that of the fruit
b. (as modifier): an avocado bathroom suite.
[C17: from Spanish aguacate, from Nahuatl ahuacatl testicle, alluding to the shape of the fruit]
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av•o•ca•do
(ˌæv əˈkɑ doʊ, ˌɑ və-)n., pl. -dos.
1. a large, usu. 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, of the laurel family: often eaten raw.
2. the tree itself.
[1690–1700; alter. of Mexican Spanish aguacate < Nahuatl āhuacatl]
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Noun 1. [画像:avocado - a pear-shaped tropical fruit with green or blackish skin and rich yellowish pulp enclosing a single large seed]avocado - a pear-shaped tropical fruit with green or blackish skin and rich yellowish pulp enclosing a single large seed
edible fruit - edible reproductive body of a seed plant especially one having sweet flesh
2. [画像:avocado - tropical American tree bearing large pulpy green fruits]avocado - tropical American tree bearing large pulpy green fruits
aguacate, alligator pear, avocado, avocado pear - a pear-shaped tropical fruit with green or blackish skin and rich yellowish pulp enclosing a single large seed
genus Persea, Persea - avocado
fruit tree - tree bearing edible fruit
Adj. 1. [画像:avocado - of the dull yellowish green of the meat of an avocado]avocado - of the dull yellowish green of the meat of an avocado
chromatic - being or having or characterized by hue
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Translations
أفوكادو ثَمَرَة الكُمَّثْرى
avokádo
avokadoavocado
avokado
avokado
avokádó
lárpera
アボカド
아보카도
avokada
avokado
avokádo
avokado
ผลอะโวคาโด้
quả bơ
avocado
[ævəˈkɑːdəʊ] N (avocados (pl))Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
avocado
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Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
avocado
(ӕvəˈkaːdəu) – plural ˌavoˈcados – noun (also avocado pear) a kind of pear-shaped tropical fruit. avokado ثَمَرَة الكُمَّثْرى авокадо abacate avokádo die Avokado avokado αβοκάντο aguacate avokaado درخت آوکادو avokado avocat אבוקדו एक प्रकार काफल avokado avokádó apokat lárpera avocado アボカド 아보카도 avokada avokado avokado avocado avokado د اوکادو ونه abacate avocado авокадо avokádo avokado avokado avokado อะโวคาโด ผลไม้เขตร้อนชนิดหนึ่งรูปร่างคล้ายลูกแพร์ avokado 鱷梨 авокадо ایک پھل کا نام quả bơ 鳄梨,鳄梨树
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avocado
→ أفوكادو avokádo avokado Avocado αβοκάντο aguacate avokado avocat avokado avocado アボカド 아보카도 avocado avokado awokado abacate авокадо avokado ผลอะโวคาโด้ avokado quả bơ 鳄梨Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
avocado
n aguacate mEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.