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AVOCADO TREE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does avocado tree mean? 

AVOCADO TREE (noun)
  The noun AVOCADO TREE has 1 sense:

1. tropical American tree bearing large pulpy green fruitsplay

  Familiarity information: AVOCADO TREE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


AVOCADO TREE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Tropical American tree bearing large pulpy green fruits

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

avocado; avocado tree; Persea Americana

Hypernyms ("avocado tree" is a kind of...):

fruit tree (tree bearing edible fruit)

Meronyms (parts of "avocado tree"):

aguacate; alligator pear; avocado; avocado pear (a pear-shaped tropical fruit with green or blackish skin and rich yellowish pulp enclosing a single large seed)

Holonyms ("avocado tree" is a member of...):

genus Persea; Persea (avocado)


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