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avocado

/av-uh-kah-doh, ah-vuh-/US // ˌæv əˈkɑ doʊ, ˌɑ və- //UK // (ˌævəˈkɑːdəʊ) //

鳄梨,牛油果,酪梨

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    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. adrymifolia, often eaten raw, especially in salads.
    • : the tree itself.

Examples

  • Since the concept of planting trees is a verified way by carbon offset marketplaces to reduce planet-warming emissions, Hannah Gbeh, executive director of San Diego’s Farm Bureau branch, wonders why citrus or avocado trees wouldn’t count.

  • Its ingredients include avocado, fresh herbs like cilantro or parsley, and chile peppers — though Araujo keeps her own recipe and its ingredients a closely guarded secret.

  • Usually, she said, she picks up a few bulky vegetables — a bunch of kale, maybe, or a few avocados — to disguise the pricier items she slips into her bag at the self checkout.

  • The holiday-season rum-centric box features a Filipino-inspired cocktail flavored with avocado and coconut.

  • We have avocados that are a great source of riboflavin, vitamins C and potassium.

  • De Merode sits at a long table and digs into a plate piled with rice, beans, and avocado.

  • “I have three piles of fundraising,” she said, pushing aside a sliced egg and avocado salad to demonstrate.

  • Any time of the day here is good to try tayoyos, an oval-shaped cake made of masa and stuffed with beans and avocado leaves.

  • Chipotle noted in a recent investor letter that they might cut back on their signature guacamole because of avocado scarcity.

  • Of note: The bracketed [a] in the titles means that this is an avocado, as opposed to a male [m] or female [f].

  • Avocado pears or alligator pears are pear-shaped, but look more like green and brown fresh figs.

  • The origin of that of alligator is unknown; avocado is a corruption of the Mexican ahuaca, or aguacate.

  • Sure is nice to rub up against some Southern swells like we did that night at the Avocado Club.

  • The Avocado is easily reproduced by budding and grafting, and the best varieties may be obtained in this manner.

  • They have not the plantain, good 21 baked, nor the avocado or alligator pear, which fried in butter or oil is so admirable.