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Definition of: avocado
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(av′ə·kä′dō, ä′və-) noun plural ·dos
1. A tropical American evergreen tree (Persea americana) having leathery leaves and bearing large pear-shaped drupes with a dark leathery rind and bland, buttery flesh.
2. The edible fruit for which this tree is commercially cultivated. Also called alligator pear. [< Sp., alter, of AGUACATE < Nahuatl ahuacatl]
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