avocado
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- Reino Unido//ˌævəˈkɑːdəʊ//
- Reino Unido//ˌavəˈkɑːdəw//
- Estados Unidos//ˌɑvəˈkɑdoʊ//
- Estados Unidos/[ˌɑvəˈkɑdoʊ̯]/
- Estados Unidos/[ˌɑvəˈkɑɾoʊ̯]/
The large, usually yellowish-green or black, savory fruit of the avocado tree.
substantivo
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The large, usually yellowish-green or black, savory fruit of the avocado tree.
For example, 90% of the avocados Americans consumed in 2022 were imported. Of the avocados imported into the US, 89% came from Mexico. Said differently, your guac and your avocado toast could skyrocket if 25% tariffs are levied on Mexico.
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The avocado tree, Persea americana, of the laurel family.
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A dark chartreuse color, like the color of the skin of an avocado.
It was exactly the same as my bathroom. Same cork floor, same avocado bathroom set.
Etimologia
Borrowed from Latin American Spanish avocado, from the earlier aguacate, which comes from Classical Nahuatl āhuacatl (“avocado”). Doublet of abacate. Compare aguacatillo, avocadillo. The first mention can be found in a catalogue of Jamaican plants in 1696.
adjetivo
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Of a dull yellowish-green colour.
Formas
- plural
- avocados, avocadoes
avocado · The large, usually yellowish-green or black, savory fruit of the avocado tree.
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