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Did You Know...
The Aztecs used avocados as
a sexual stimulant.
European Sailors making the
passage to the Americas knew avocados as MIDSHIPMAN'S BUTTER
because they liked to spice up their shipboard provisions with
a rich, guacamole-like substance.
Early Americans once called
the avocado an ALLIGATOR PEAR because they could not pronounce
the Spanish word for avocado, "aguacate," which is
a derivative of the Aztec word, "ahuacatl."
Americans' use of the word avocado
is a corruption of the Spanish word "aguacate." The
form AVOCADO was first used by Sir Henry Sloane in 1669....
Source: California Avocado Commission |