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AVOCADO

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A pear-shaped tropical fruit with green or blackish skin and rich yellowish pulp enclosing a single large seed

Synonyms:

aguacate; alligator pear; avocado; avocado pear

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("avocado" is a kind of...):

edible fruit (edible reproductive body of a seed plant especially one having sweet flesh)

Holonyms ("avocado" is a part of...):

avocado; avocado tree; Persea Americana (tropical American tree bearing large pulpy green fruits)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Tropical American tree bearing large pulpy green fruits

Synonyms:

avocado; avocado tree; Persea Americana

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("avocado" is a kind of...):

fruit tree (tree bearing edible fruit)

Meronyms (parts of "avocado"):

aguacate; alligator pear; avocado; avocado pear (a pear-shaped tropical fruit with green or blackish skin and rich yellowish pulp enclosing a single large seed)

Holonyms ("avocado" is a member of...):

genus Persea; Persea (avocado)

 II. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of the dull yellowish green of the meat of an avocado

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

chromatic (being or having or characterized by hue)

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