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avocadolike en · ADJ

Etymology

From avocado + -like.

Meanings

1. Resembling or characteristic of an avocado (tree or fruit).
   • “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. 2008 May 10, William Grimes, “Elaine Dundy, Author of ‘The Dud Avocado,’ Is Dead at 86”, in New York Times:

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