avocado

Etymology

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

noun

1. The large, usually yellowish-green or black, savory fruit of the avocado tree.
2. The avocado tree, Persea americana, of the laurel family.
3. (color, chiefly uncountable) A dark chartreuse colour, like the colour of the skin of an avocado.
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adj

1. Of a dull yellowish-green colour.