avocadoes

Noun

avocado (countable and uncountable, plural avocados or avocadoes)

1. The large, usually yellowish-green or black, savory fruit of the avocado tree.
   • For example, 90% of the avocados Americans consumed in 2022 were imported. Of the avocados imported into the US, 89% came from Mexico. Said differently, your guac and your avocado toast could skyrocket if 25% tariffs are levied on Mexico.2024 November 26, Elisabeth Buchwald, “What could get more expensive if Trump launches a new trade war with Mexico and Canada”, in CNN Business, archived from the original on 03 Dec 2024

   Synonyms:

   alligator pear, avocado pear, butter pear, butter fruit, abacate

2. The avocado tree, Persea americana, of the laurel family.
3. (uncountable) A dark chartreuse color, like the color of the skin of an avocado.
   • It was exactly the same as my bathroom. Same cork floor, same avocado bathroom set.2016, Zadie Smith, Swing Time, New York, N.Y.: Penguin Press, →ISBN, page 57

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