avocado

The fruit of the avocado tree, also called an avocado (or avocado pear or alligator pear), has a buttery flesh when ripe
The avocado (Persea americana), a tree likely originating from south-central Mexico, is classified as a member of the flowering plant family Lauraceae. The fruit of the plant, also called an avocado (or avocado pear or alligator pear), is botanically a large berry containing a single large seed. Avocado trees are partially self-pollinating, and are often propagated through grafting to maintain predictable fruit quality and quantity. The fruit of domestic varieties has a buttery flesh when ripe. Depending on the variety, avocados have green, brown, purplish, or black skin when ripe, and may be pear-shaped, egg-shaped, or spherical. Commercially, the fruits are picked while immature, and ripened after harvesting.

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  1. Morning Glory

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  3. Morning Glory

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  4. Morning Glory

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  5. karadekoolaid

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  6. The Late Night Gourmet

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  7. TastyReuben

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  8. karadekoolaid

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  9. blades

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  11. Herbaceous

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  12. SatNavSaysStraightOn

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  13. Morning Glory

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  14. Herbaceous

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  15. Herbaceous

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  16. TastyReuben

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  17. TastyReuben

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  18. karadekoolaid

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  19. TastyReuben

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  20. karadekoolaid

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