English avocado reshaped Spanish aguacate, changing both consonants and the ending in the adopted form.
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avocado
the fruit or tree of Persea americana
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PARENT / EARLIER FORM / attestedSpanish · Spanish · fruitaguacate
avocado fruit or tree
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The fruit and tree senses continued into English.
English record by 1696.
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