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[[Image:Avocado.jpg|thumb|200px|A Hass avocado]]
[[Image:Avocado.jpg|thumb|200px|A Hass avocado]]
The '''avocado''' is a pear-shaped, edible [[fruit]] which grows on trees. It has a greenish black leathery outer skin, a soft light-green inner fruit, and a single large seed called a pit in America or a stone in Britain. The outer layer is easily peeled from the fruit and in most varieties turns from a green color to greenish black as it ripens.
The '''avocado''' is a pear-shaped, edible [[fruit]] that grows on a tree. It has a greenish black leathery outer skin, a soft light-green inner fruit, and a single large seed called a pit in America or a stone in Britain. The outer layer is easily peeled from the fruit and in most varieties turns from a green color to greenish black as it ripens.
The tropical American avocado tree (''Persea americana'') originated in [[Mexico]], sometime between 7,000 and 5,000 B.C. Cultivation of wild avocados began around 750 B.C.<ref>http://www.avocado.org/</ref>
The tropical American avocado tree (''Persea americana'') originated in [[Mexico]], sometime between 7,000 and 5,000 B.C. Cultivation of wild avocados began around 750 B.C.<ref>http://www.avocado.org/</ref>