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Avocado sunblotch viroid — (ASBV) is an important disease affecting avocado trees. Infections result in lower yields and poorer quality fruit. ASBV is the smallest known viroid that infects plants and is transmitted by pollen and infected seeds or budwood. Trees infected… … Wikipedia
Avocado — taxobox name = Alvacodo image caption = Avocado fruit and foliage, Huntington Library, California regnum = Plantae unranked divisio = Angiosperms unranked classis = Magnoliids ordo = Laurales familia = Lauraceae genus = Persea species = P.… … Wikipedia
avocado — 1. noun /ævəˈkɑːdəʊ,ɑvəˈkɑdoʊ,ævəˈkɑdoʊ/ a) The large, usually yellowish green or black, pulpy fruit of the avocado tree. b) The avocado tree. Syn: alligator pear, avocado pear, butter pear 2. adjective /ævəˈkɑːdəʊ,ɑvəˈkɑdoʊ,ævəˈkɑdoʊ/ … Wiktionary
avocado pear — noun a pear shaped tropical fruit with green or blackish skin and rich yellowish pulp enclosing a single large seed • Syn: ↑avocado, ↑alligator pear, ↑aguacate • Hypernyms: ↑edible fruit • Part Holonyms: ↑avocado, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Tree — /tree/, n. Sir Herbert Beerbohm /bear bohm/, (Herbert Beerbohm), 1853 1917, English actor and theater manager; brother of Max Beerbohm. * * * I Woody perennial plant. Most trees have a single self supporting trunk containing woody tissues, and in … Universalium
avocado — ☆ 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… … English World dictionary
Avocado — Av o*ca do, n. [Corrupted from the Mexican ahuacatl: cf. Sp. aguacate, F. aguacat[ e], avocat, G. avogadobaum.] The pulpy fruit of {Persea gratissima}, a tree of tropical America. It is about the size and shape of a large pear; called also… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
avocado pear — Avocado Av o*ca do, n. [Corrupted from the Mexican ahuacatl: cf. Sp. aguacate, F. aguacat[ e], avocat, G. avogadobaum.] The pulpy fruit of {Persea gratissima}, a tree of tropical America. It is about the size and shape of a large pear; called… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
avocado — /av euh kah doh, ah veuh /, n., pl. avocados. 1. Also called alligator pear. a large, usually pear shaped fruit having green to blackish skin, a single large seed, and soft, light green pulp, borne by the tropical American tree Persea americana… … Universalium
avocado — /ævəˈkadoʊ / (say avuh kahdoh) noun (plural avocados) 1. a tropical American fruit, green to black in colour and commonly pear shaped, borne by the tree Persea americana, eaten raw, especially as a salad fruit; alligator pear. 2. the tree. Also,… …
