Online dictionaryOnline dictionary
Synonyms, antonyms, pronunciation

  Home 		English Dictionary      examples: 'day', 'get rid of', 'New York Bay'




Avocado   /ˌævəkˈɑdoʊ/   Listen
Avocado

noun
(pl. avocados)
1.
A pear-shaped tropical fruit with green or blackish skin and rich yellowish pulp enclosing a single large seed.  Synonyms: aguacate, alligator pear, avocado pear.
2.
Tropical American tree bearing large pulpy green fruits.  Synonyms: avocado tree, Persea Americana.





WordNet 3.0 © 2010 Princeton University


Advanced search
     Find words:
Starting with
Ending with
Containing
Matching a pattern  

Synonyms
Antonyms
Quotes
Words linked to  

only single words


Share |
Add this dictionary
to your browser search bar




"Avocado" Quotes from Famous Books



... market square, in the midst of the town, was covered with articles of traffic. The venders were chiefly negro women, who exposed for sale immense quantities of yams, tomatoes, cassava bread, sugar-cane, plantains, water-cresses, oranges, bananas, avocado pears, etc., with fancy articles of ...
— Jack in the Forecastle • John Sherburne Sleeper
... the task of farm guide making her forget her momentary bewilderment at his scraps of local knowledge. "They're one of our best crops. Sometimes a single avocado will sell in open market here for as much as forty cents. There's money in them, nearly always. Good money. And the spoiled ones are great for the pigs. Then ...
— Black Caesar's Clan • Albert Payson Terhune


Words linked to "Avocado" :   fruit tree, alligator pear, edible fruit, avocado tree, avocado pear, genus Persea, aguacate, Persea, chromatic


Copyright © 2024 Dictionary One.com