How do you spell avocado in English?
noun, plural av·o·ca·dos.
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 and its variety P.
Is it spelled avocado?
The farmers came up with a new name: avocado. They informed dictionary publishers of the change — and that the plural was spelled “avocados,” not “avocadoes” — and named their own group the California Avocado Association.
What is the meaning Ofavocado?
The word avocado is Spanish, from aguacate, and rooted in a Proto-Aztecan word, *pawa, that also meant avocado. Definitions of avocado. noun. a pear-shaped tropical fruit with green or blackish skin and rich yellowish pulp enclosing a single large seed. synonyms: aguacate, alligator pear, avocado pear.
What’s the plural of avocado?
av·o·ca·do | ˌä-və-ˈkä-(ˌ)dō , ˌa- plural avocados also avocadoes.
Why is avocado called a pear?
Regional names
The fruit is sometimes called an avocado pear or alligator pear (due to its shape and the rough green skin of some cultivars). The Nahuatl āhuacatl can be compounded with other words, as in ahuacamolli, meaning avocado soup or sauce, from which the Spanish word guacamole derives.