avocado
/ˌævəʊˈkɑːdəʊ/noun
(pl. -os)
1
- （亦作avocado pear）a pear-shaped fruit with a rough leathery skin, smooth oily edible flesh, and a large stone鳄梨。亦称ALLIGATOR PEAR.
1.1
- mass noun a light green colour like that of the flesh of avocados鳄梨色。
2
- the tropical evergreen tree which bears this fruit, native to Central America and widely cultivated elsewhere鳄梨树。
2.1
- Persea americana, family Lauraceae.拉丁名Persea americana,樟科。
词源
mid 17th cent.: from Spanish， alteration （influenced by avocado 'advocate'） of aguacate, from Nahuatl ahuacatl.