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Date: 1600-1700
Language: Spanish
Origin: aguacate 'avocado', from Nahuatl ahuacatl 'testicle, avocado'; influenced by Spanish avocado 'lawyer'

avocado

 noun
     
avocado
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av‧o‧ca‧do also avocado pear plural avocados [countable]
HBPDFF 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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