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  • 11avocado tree — noun tropical American tree bearing large pulpy green fruits • Syn: ↑avocado, ↑Persea Americana • Hypernyms: ↑fruit tree • Member Holonyms: ↑Persea, ↑genus Persea …

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  • 12avocado — n. (pl. os) 1 (in full avocado pear) a pear shaped fruit with rough leathery skin, a smooth oily edible flesh, and a large stone. 2 the tropical evergreen tree, Persea americana, native to Central America, bearing this fruit. Also called… …

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  • 13Avocado — amerikinė persėja statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Lauramedinių šeimos vaisinis, vaistinis nuodingas kultūrinis augalas (Persea americana), paplitęs Centrinėje ir Pietų Amerikoje. atitikmenys: lot. Laurus persea; Persea americana; Persea… …

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  • 14avocado — amerikinė persėja statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Lauramedinių šeimos vaisinis, vaistinis nuodingas kultūrinis augalas (Persea americana), paplitęs Centrinėje ir Pietų Amerikoje. atitikmenys: lot. Laurus persea; Persea americana; Persea… …

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  • 15avocado — av|o|ca|do [ˌævəˈka:dəu US dou] n also .avocado pear plural avocados [Date: 1600 1700; : Spanish; Origin: aguacate avocado , from Nahuatl ahuacatl testicle, avocado ; influenced by Spanish avocado lawyer ] a fruit with a thick green or dark… …

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  • 16avocado — n.; (also avigato, avocato) Alligator pear, Persea gratissima, avocado pear …

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  • 17avocado — av|o|ca|do1 [ ,ævə kadou ] or ,avocado pear noun count or uncount a fruit with green or black skin, a very large seed in the middle, and pale green flesh that does not taste sweet. It is usually eaten raw in salads. avocado av|o|ca|do 2 [ ,ævə… …

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  • 18avocado — also avocado pear noun (C) a fruit with a thick green or dark purple skin that is green inside and has a large seed in the middle …

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  • 19avocado — ☆ avocado [av΄ə kä′dō, ä΄vəkä′dō ] n. pl. avocados [altered (infl. by earlier Sp avocado, now abogado, advocate) < MexSp aguacate < Nahuatl a:wakaλ, avocado, lit., testicle; so named from its shape] 1. a widespread, thick skinned, pear… …

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  • 20Pear-shaped — is a metaphorical term with several meanings, all in reference to the shape of a pear, i.e. tapering towards the top and rounded at the bottom.The oldest usage from the Oxford English Dictionary ( OED ) is the most literal, a 1731 reference in a… …

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