Definition of "avocado"

avocado

/ævəˈkɑːdəʊ/

noun
countable and uncountable, plural avocados or avocadoes
1. The large, usually yellowish-green or black, savory fruit of the avocado tree.
2. The avocado tree, Persea americana, of the laurel family.
3. (color, chiefly uncountable) A dark chartreuse colour, like the colour of the skin of an avocado.
  Quotations
  It was exactly the same as my bathroom. Same cork floor, same avocado bathroom set.
  2016, Zadie Smith, Swing Time, New York, N.Y.: Penguin Press, page 57
adjective
not comparable
1. Of a dull yellowish-green colour.