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Avocado: The fruit you cannot afford to miss

Why you need to add avocado to your diet (Photo: iStock)

Avocado or ovocado, which one is it? Well, it is definitely avocado. This product from an avocado tree is sometimes referred to as an alligator pear, butter fruit or avocado pear.

It is a bright green fruit covered by a dark rough rind that flourishes in warm regions and only has one big seed inside it.

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