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avocado tree

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Noun1.avocado tree - tropical American tree bearing large pulpy green fruitsavocado tree - tropical American tree bearing large pulpy green fruits
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
genus Persea, Persea - avocado
fruit tree - tree bearing edible fruit


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The testicle tree, known in modern times as an avocado, was how the Aztecs referred to an avocado tree based on the dangling pairs of fruit.
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The virtuous but finicky AVOCADO tree Native to Mexico and Central America, the avocado tree is a variety of evergreen that can grow up to 65 feet tall and requires a subtropical climate to survive.
Researchers examined the genetic circuitry of Arabidopsis thaliana, a small flowering plant commonly used as a model organism in plant genetics research, and the avocado tree Persea americana, which belongs to an older lineage of so-called basal angiosperms.
 
 
 
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