who coined the term, in a 1696 index of Jamaican plants.

Etymology

The word avocado comes from the Spanish aguacate, which derives from the Nahuatl (Mexican) word ahuacatl , which goes back to the proto-Aztecan *pa:wa. In Molina's Nahuatl dictionary "auacatl" is given also as the translation for compañón "testicle", and this has been taken up in popular

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