Definitions for avocado

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avocado av·o·ca·do

Spelling: [av-uh-kah-doh, ah-vuh-]

IPA: /ˌæv əˈkɑ doʊ, ˌɑ və-/

Avocado is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 70 anagrams from letters in avocado (aacdoov).

Definitions for avocado

noun

1. Also called alligator pear. a large, usually 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 and its variety P. adrymifolia, often eaten raw, especially in salads.
2. the tree itself.

Origin of avocado

1690-1700; alteration of Spanish abogado literally, lawyer (see advocate), by confusion with Mexican Spanish aguacate Nahuatl āhuacatl avocado, testicle; cf.

Examples for avocado

In Florida and southern California the avocado or alligator pear is being extensively cultivated.

“I have three piles of fundraising,” she said, pushing aside a sliced egg and avocado salad to demonstrate.

avocado, a-vo-k′do, n. the alligator-pear, a West Indian fruit.

Chipotle noted in a recent investor letter that they might cut back on their signature guacamole because of avocado scarcity.

I will be sure to send some avocado plants from Los Angeles to Wardha.

The avocado pear-tree, I should think, has no relations among trees!

Any time of the day here is good to try tayoyos, an oval-shaped cake made of masa and stuffed with beans and avocado leaves.

Of note: The bracketed [a] in the titles means that this is an avocado, as opposed to a male [m] or female [f].

De Merode sits at a long table and digs into a plate piled with rice, beans, and avocado.

He looks part human and part beetle and has a face the color of the meat of an avocado.