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発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ævəˈkɑːdəʊ/
• (General American) enPR: ăvəkäʹdō, IPA: /ɑvəˈkɑdoʊ/, [ɑvəˈkɑɾoʊ], /ævəˈkɑdoʊ/, [ævəˈkɑɾoʊ]
• (Indic) IPA: /əvɵˈkɑɖo/, (spelling pronunciation) /-æɖo/
• 韻: -ɑːdəʊ, -ædəʊ

名詞

avocado (countable and uncountable, plural avocados or avocadoes)

1. The large, usually yellowish-green or black, savory fruit of the avocado tree.

   Synonyms: alligator pear, avocado pear, butter pear, butter fruit, abacate

2. The avocado tree, Persea americana, of the laurel family.
3. (chiefly uncountable) A dark chartreuse color, like the color of the skin of an avocado.

   avocado:  

   • 2016, Zadie Smith, Swing Time, New York, N.Y.: Penguin Press, →ISBN, page 57:

     It was exactly the same as my bathroom. Same cork floor, same avocado bathroom set.

上位語

• fruit

派生語

派生した語

• → Icelandic: avókadó
• → Irish: abhacád
• → Venda: ḽiafukhada
• → Welsh: afocado

形容詞

avocado (not comparable)

1. Of a dull yellowish-green colour.

参考

• guacamole
• Appendix:Colors

参照

Further reading

• avocado on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Persea americana on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Persea americana on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• avocado at USDA Plants database
• Michael Quinion (2004), “Avocado”, in Ballyhoo, Buckaroo, and Spuds: Ingenious Tales of Words and Their Origins, Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Books in association with Penguin Books, →ISBN.
• cookbook:avocado on Wikibooks.Wikibooks