Coffee has initially been a food – chewed, not sipped. Early African tribes consume coffee by grinding the berries together, adding some animal fat, and rolling the treats into tiny edible energy balls.
avocado
(adjective) of the dull yellowish green of the meat of an avocado
avocado, alligator pear, avocado pear, aguacate
(noun) a pear-shaped tropical fruit with green or blackish skin and rich yellowish pulp enclosing a single large seed
avocado, avocado tree, Persea Americana
(noun) tropical American tree bearing large pulpy green fruits
Source: WordNet® 3.1
avocado (countable and uncountable, plural avocados or avocadoes)
The large, usually yellowish-green or black, pulpy fruit of the avocado tree.
Synonyms: alligator pear, avocado pear, butter pear, abacate
The avocado tree, Persea americana, of the laurel family.
(mostly, uncountable) A dark chartreuse colour, like the colour of the skin of an avocado.
(avocado fruit)
• avocado pear
• alligator pear
• butter fruit
• butter pear
avocado (not comparable)
Of a dull yellowish-green colour.
Source: Wiktionary
Av`o*ca"do, n. Etym: [Corrupted from the Mexican ahuacatl: cf. Sp. aguacate, F. aguacaté, avocat, G. avogadobaum.]
Definition: The pulpy fruit of Persea gratissima, a tree of tropical America. It is about the size and shape of a large pear; -- called also avocado pear, alligator pear, midshipman's butter.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
3 April 2025
(noun) an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity; “how big is that part compared to the whole?”; “the team is a unit”
Coffee has initially been a food – chewed, not sipped. Early African tribes consume coffee by grinding the berries together, adding some animal fat, and rolling the treats into tiny edible energy balls.