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# avocado

«avocado» in Mova's school dictionary: **a pear-shaped fruit with dark green or black skin, soft…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (avocado, avocados; also avocadoes)

### meaning for a pupil

1) An avocado is a pear-shaped fruit with dark green or black skin, soft pale-green flesh and one big seed (stone) in the middle. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/avocado/#m1)

2) Avocado is also the name of the tree it grows on and of a pale green colour. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/avocado/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

Everyday life: avocados are eaten on toast, in salads and as guacamole (a Mexican dip); they grow in warm places like Mexico, California and Australia. In science, the avocado is a fruit (it has a seed), though we eat it like a vegetable; children can grow a new plant from the stone in water. Safety: cutting avocados is a common cause of hand cuts — let an adult remove the stone; avocado is poisonous to some pets, such as birds. Phrases: avocado toast, ripe avocado, avocado stone.

### examples

- I like avocado on toast. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/avocado/#x1)
- A ripe avocado feels a bit soft when you press it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/avocado/#x2)
- We mashed avocados to make guacamole. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/avocado/#x3)
- The avocado has one big stone in the middle. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/avocado/#x4)
- We grew an avocado plant from a seed in a jar of water. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/avocado/#x5)
- Let an adult cut the avocado — the knife can slip. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/avocado/#x6)

### note

Plural: avocados (or avocadoes). Science trap: it is a fruit, not a vegetable, botanically. Do not give avocado to parrots or other pet birds.

### In the corpora

- [Avocado and chocolate are poisonous to pet birds.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/64-birds-reptiles-and-choosing-a-pet/11/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «avocado» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/avocado/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.