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The name avocado has been used in English since at least 1764, with minor spelling variants such as avogato attested even earlier. [60] [61] [62] The avocado was commonly referred to in California as ahuacate and in Florida as alligator pear until 1915, when the California Avocado Association popularized the term avocado. [57]
Persea americana flowers. The species of Persea have a disjunct distribution, with about 70 Neotropical species, ranging from Brazil and Chile in South America to Central America and Mexico, the Caribbean, and the southeastern United States; a single species, P. indica, endemic to Madeira and the Canary Islands off northwest Africa; and 80 species inhabiting east and southeast Asia.
The binomial name often reflects limited knowledge or hearsay about a species at the time it was named. For instance Pan troglodytes, the chimpanzee, and Troglodytes troglodytes, the wren, are not necessarily cave-dwellers. Sometimes a genus name or specific descriptor is simply the Latin or Greek name for the animal (e.g. Canis is Latin for ...
The Hass avocado is a variety of avocado with dark green, bumpy skin. It was first grown and sold by Southern California mail carrier and amateur horticulturist Rudolph Hass, who also gave it his name. [1] The Hass avocado is a large-sized fruit [2] weighing 200 to 300 grams (7 to 10 oz).
Various fruits for sale at REMA 1000 grocery store in Tønsberg, Norway. This list contains the names of fruits that are considered edible either raw or cooked in various cuisines.
As cartels have gained a firm grip on control of the lucrative migrant smuggling trade in recent years, it's virtually impossible for migrants and asylum seekers to pass through Mexico and other Latin American countries without paying some sort of fee to cartels. The moment they do, Felbab-Brown said, it could disqualify them from seeking asylum.
The name comes from Classical Nahuatl āhuacamōlli [aːwakaˈmoːlːi], which literally translates to 'avocado sauce', from āhuacatl [6] [aːˈwakat͡ɬ] 'avocado' + mōlli 'sauce' or 'mole'. [3] In Mexican Spanish, it is pronounced . [7] [8] In American English, it tends to be pronounced / ˌ ɡ w ɑː k ə ˈ m oʊ l iː /. [9]
The word “mukbang” is a combination of the Korean words mugneun (eating) and bangsong (broadcast/show). Nikocado Avocado, whose real name is Nicholas Perry , secretly lost a significant amount ...