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avocado noun & adjective. M17.
[Spanish, alt. (after avocado lawyer) from aguacate from Nahuatl ahuacatl.]
A. noun. Pl. -os, *-oes.
(The rough-skinned pear-shaped edible fruit of) the tree Persea americana, of the laurel family, native to Central America and the W. Indies. Also avocado pear. M17.
Avocado green. L20.
Comb.: avocado green (of) the green colour of the flesh of the avocado; avocado pear: see sense 1 above.
b. adjective. Of avocado green. L20.