Fruits, Vegetables, Nuts, Grains, Berries - Avocado

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Persea americana The avocado is a tree native to Central Mexico, classified in the flowering plant family Lauraceae along with cinnamon, camphor and bay laurel. Avocado or alligator pear also refers to the fruit (botanically a large berry that contains a single seed) of the tree.

Avocados are commercially valuable and are cultivated in tropical and Mediterranean climates throughout the world. They have a green-skinned, fleshy body that may be pear-shaped, egg-shaped, or spherical. Commercially, it ripens after harvesting. Trees are partially self-pollinating and often are propagated through grafting to maintain a predictable quality and quantity of the fruit.

The word "avocado" comes from the Spanish aguacate which in turn comes from the Nahuatl word a-huacat which goes back to the proto-Aztecan *pa:wa with the same meaning.