We visited some ruins that were surrounded by avocado orchards where we learned that the word avocado comes from the Spanish word aguacate, which derives in turn from the Aztec word ahuacatl, which means testicle. As avocados generally grow in pairs like those in the above photo you can see where they were coming from in the name.
2 comments:
I love avocados, very interesting history but I may never think of them quite the same way again ;-)
Aunt Alice
It all comes back to scrotum with you, doesn't it?
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