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avocado (medicine) and specie (iou)


avocado (medicine)


avocado


The pulpy fruit of Persea gratissima, a tree of tropical America. It is about the size and shape of a large pear.

Synonym: avocado pear, alligator pear, midshipman's butter.

Origin: Corrupted from the Mexican ahuacatl: cf. Sp. Aguacate, F. Aguacate, avocat, G. Avogadobaum.

Source: Websters Dictionary


specie (iou)



specie noun. M16.
[Latin, abl. sing. of SPECIES. Orig. in phr. in specie.]
Form. Long only in in specie (Law), in the real, precise, or actual form. M16.
Kind. Only in in specie. Now rare or obsolete. M16.
Coin money as opp. to paper money. Freq. attrib. E17.
a. A subordinate division. rare. L17-M18.
b. = SPECIES 3, 3b. Long non-standard. M18.
Comb.: specie jar a large glass or china jar formerly used for storage (now for display) in chemists' shops; specie-room Hist. a strongroom on a ship in which gold coin was deposited.