avocado

4 definitions • 6 examples

a tropical fruit with thick, dark green or purple skin, a large, round seed, and soft, pale green flesh that can be eaten:

Half an avocado contains about 160 calories.

Guacamole is a dip, spread or salad made with mashed avocado.

a pale green colour like the flesh of an avocado:

The walls are painted a pale avocado.

I tried the linen trousers in a shade of avocado green.

of a pale green colour like the flesh of an avocado:

The Brussels sprouts turn bright green and then start to fade to a more avocado colour.

The appliances were all avocado green.

a fruit with thick green or black skin, a large round seed at the center, and oily green or yellow flesh, which is often eaten as a vegetable in salads