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avocadolike

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English

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Etymology

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From avocado +‎ -like.

Adjective

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avocadolike (comparative more avocadolike, superlative most avocadolike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of an avocado (tree or fruit).
    • 2008 May 10, William Grimes, “Elaine Dundy, Author of ‘The Dud Avocado,’ Is Dead at 86”, in New York Times[1]:
      “The Dud Avocado,” published in 1958, chronicled the Parisian adventures of Sally Jay Gorce, a free-spirited American girl with the avocadolike qualities typical of the breed: “So green — so eternally green,” one of her European admirers gushes.