av|o|ca|do

av|o|ca|do «_AV uh KAH doh, _AH vuh-», noun, plural -dos.

1. a tropical fruit shaped like a pear, with a dark-green or purplish skin and a very large seed; alligator pear. Its yellow-green pulp has a nutty flavor and is used in salads and soups. Avocados belong to the same family as the laurel.

2. the tree that it grows on.

3. a dark-green color.

╂[< Mexican Spanish avocado, popular form of Spanish aguacate < Nahuatl ahuacatl]