Avocado
Avocado (Persea americana, P. gratissima) is a member of the Lauraceae (Laurel) Family, and sometimes referred to as alligator pear. Avocado is technically a fruit, but combines well with both fruit and vegetables. Native to Central America, it grows in a tropical and subtropical climate. There is evidence that avocado trees flourished some 50 million years ago, in what we now call California and may have been food for dinosaurs....  

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