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avocado

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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

AVOCADO

Av `o *ca "do, n. Etym: [Corrupted from the Mexican ahuacatl: cf. Sp. aguacate, F. aguacaté, avocat, G. avogadobaum.]

 

Defn: The pulpy fruit of Persea gratissima, a tree of tropical America. It is about the size and shape of a large pear; -- called also avocado pear, alligator pear, midshipman's butter.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

avocado

av o ca do |ˌavəˈkädō, ˌävə -ˌævəˈkɑdoʊ | ▶noun ( pl. avocados ) 1 a pear-shaped fruit with a rough leathery skin, smooth oily edible flesh, and a large stone: serve with slices of avocado. Also called alligator pear. • a light green color like that of the flesh of avocados. 2 the tropical evergreen tree that bears this fruit. It is native to Central America and widely cultivated elsewhere. [Persea americana, family Lauraceae. ] ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: from Spanish, alteration (influenced by avocado ‘advocate ’) of aguacate, from Nahuatl ahuacatl.

 

Oxford Dictionary

avocado

avocado |ˌavəˈkɑːdəʊ | ▶noun ( pl. avocados ) 1 (Brit. also avocado pear ) a pear-shaped fruit with a rough leathery skin and smooth, oily edible flesh. Also called alligator pear. • [ mass noun ] a light green colour like that of the flesh of avocados. 2 the tropical evergreen tree which bears the avocado fruit, native to Central America and widely cultivated elsewhere. ●Persea americana, family Lauraceae. ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: from Spanish, alteration (influenced by avocado ‘advocate ’) of aguacate, from Nahuatl ahuacatl.

 

Duden Dictionary

Avocado

Avo ca do Substantiv, feminin , die |Avoc a do |die Avocado; Genitiv: der Avocado, Plural: die Avocados älter spanisch avocado, volksetymologische Umdeutung (unter Anlehnung an älter: abocado = Advokat ) von aguacate < Nahuatl (mittelamerikanische Indianersprache ) ahuacatl birnenförmige, essbare Frucht eines südamerikanischen Baumes

 

French Dictionary

avocado

avocado FORME FAUTIVE Anglicisme pour avocat (fruit et couleur ).

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

avocado

av o ca do /æ̀voʊkɑ́ːdoʊ |æ̀və -/名詞 複 ～s , ｟まれ ｠～es 1 C U アボカド (の実 )(avocado pear ; alligator pear ).2 C アボカドの木 〘熱帯産の常緑樹 〙.