One of Rudyard Kipling's Just So Stories, The Crab that Played with the Sea, tells the story of a gigantic crab who made the waters of the sea go up and down, like the tides. 1  Sammy De Grave; N. Dean Pentcheff; Shane T. Ahyong; et al. 2  Henry George Liddell; Robert Scott. 3  Henry George Liddell; Robert Scott.
Noun[edit] avocado â(plural avocados or avocadoes or avocadi) 1  The large, usually yellowish-green or black, pulpy fruit of the avocado tree. 2  The avocado tree, Persea americana, of the laurel family.  A dull yellowish-green colour, the colour of the meat of an avocado.
Avocado is also known as the alligator pear because of the rough skin on some varieties. In the 17th and 18th centuries the fruit was also commonly known as butter pear. In tropical Central America, avocado trees have been growing wild for thousands of years, providing natives with a rich food.