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23 Οκτ 2024 · Avocado, tree of the family Lauraceae and its edible fruit. Avocados are cultivated for their buttery consistency and nutty flavor and are used in both savory and sweet dishes. The plants were domesticated in tropical America before the Spanish conquest. Learn more about the history, uses, and types of avocados.
15 Οκτ 2014 · Avocado (Persea Americana Mill.) has been grown in the neotropics as far back as 10,000 BC. The species are scattered from northern Mexico through the southeastern United States, east through the West Indies and south through Central America, Colombia,...
18 Μαΐ 2017 · Avocados have ancient roots, and had an important place in Mesoamerican peoples’ diet, mythology, and culture. It’s possible that they were eaten in the Tehuacan Valley of what is now central Mexico as long as 10,000 years ago.
The modern English name comes from a rendering of the Spanish aguacate as avogato. The earliest known written use in English is attested from 1697 as avogato pear , later avocado pear (due to its shape), a term sometimes corrupted to alligator pear .
3 Ιουλ 2019 · The word avocado derives from the language spoken by the Aztecs who called the tree ahoacaquahuitl and its fruit ahuacatl; the Spanish called it aguacate. The oldest evidence for avocado consumption dates back almost 10,000 years in Puebla state of central Mexico, at the site of Coxcatlan.
The fruit is called Ahuacatl by the Aztecs in Mexico and from there derived the term ‘avocado’, aguacate (in Spanish), avocat (in French) and abacate (in Portuguese). The Aztecs considered avocados an aphrodisiac and called it huacatl, meaning testicles, reflecting the fruit shape.
5 Απρ 2024 · Origins: Tracing the Avocado’s Roots. The story of the avocado traces back to the Taiwakhan Valley in present-day Mexico, a region that cradled the early stages of avocado cultivation. The discovery of a 10,000-year-old avocado pit in Coxcatlán Cave offers concrete evidence of its ancient presence and human use.
