🇬🇧Level A2
avocado
//ˌævəˈkɑːdoʊ//
Pluralavocados
Definition
A tropical fruit with a rough dark green skin and creamy green flesh, containing a large seed.
To remember it
Picture the happy avocado character holding a tomato. This reminds you that an avocado is green and often has a seed inside, like the character's heart.
Examples
- A1
I eat an avocado every day.
- A2
She bought two avocados at the market.
- B1
The avocado has a rough dark green skin and a large seed inside.
- B2
Although the avocado is often eaten in salads, its creamy flesh is also used to make sauces.
- C1
Having ripened on the tree, the avocado was sliced open to reveal its creamy green flesh.
- C2
Were the avocado to be harvested too early, its flesh would remain hard and its flavor unremarkable.
Synonyms
alligator pearavocado pear
Tags
foodfruitbotanyculinary
