avocado Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a pear-shaped tropical fruit with green or blackish skin and rich yellowish pulp enclosing a single large seed
    alligator pear; avocado pear; aguacate.
  2. noun tropical American tree bearing large pulpy green fruits
    Persea Americana; avocado tree.
  3. adjective satellite of the dull yellowish green of the meat of an avocado

WordNet

Av`o*ca"do noun
Etymology
Corrupted from the Mexican ahuacatl: cf. Sp. aguacate, F. aguacaté, avocat, G. avogadobaum.
Definitions
  1. The pulpy fruit of Persea gratissima, a tree of tropical America. It is about the size and shape of a large pear; -- called also avocado pear, alligator pear, midshipman's butter.

Webster 1913