Hass avocado

noun

A cultivar of avocado with dark-green bumpy skin that turns purplish-black when ripe.

Meanings

nounHass avocado (plural Hass avocados)

plural Hass avocados

  1. A cultivar of avocado with dark-green bumpy skin that turns purplish-black when ripe.

Origin

First grown and sold by US horticulturist Rudolph Hass.

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Hass avocado. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Hass%20avocado

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