Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - avocado
Avocado
avocado
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 alligator pear. 3 the light green colour of the flesh of this fruit. Etymology: Sp., = advocate (substituted for Aztec ahuacatl)
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noun (plural -dos; also -does) Etymology: modification of Spanish aguacate, from Nahuatl āhuacatl ~, testicle Date: 1697 a pulpy greento purple-skinned nutty-flavored fruit of any of various tropical American trees (genus Persea especially P. americana) of the laurel family, a light yellowish green ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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