The termavocado refers to a type ofberry. It has medium dark green or dark green bumpy or smooth skin depending on the variety. The flesh of an avocado is deepchartreuse green in color near the skin and palechartreuse green near the core. It has a creamy, richtexture. The word, Avocado came from anAztec word meaningtesticle.[3] Avocado trees come fromCentral America andMexico. They can grow in many places, as long as it is not too cold.
Avocados have much more fat than most of the other fruits, but its fat is healthy to eat (monounsaturated fat). Avocados have lots ofpotassium, Bvitamins, andvitamin E andK.[4] The Mexican food calledguacamole is made of avocados.[5] Many other foods are also made from avocado. Avocado ispoisonous to some animals. Many animals will get very sick or die if they eat avocado. Avocado grows there where the climate is a little windy.
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