Talk:Avocado
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Avocado oil
Importance of avocado oil, extraction and medicinal use.
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Fruit type
An avocado is a drupe, right? (I just learned that word, having discovered it in another wikipedia article.)
- At first glance it appears so, but because the endocarp (the thin coating around the seed) is soft and thin, it's called a berry. I have an explanatory link that I'll add to the article's External links section. - toh 19:46, 2005 Feb 10 (UTC)
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Fat
At one point the article states that avocados are high in monounsaturated fats, then later, that they contain a lot of saturated fat. Is this contradictory? Joyous 16:16, Oct 30, 2004 (UTC)
- Theoretically they could be high in both (and low in polyunsaturated fat), but it appears to have been an error; most of the fat is monounsaturated (if squeezed from the flesh, it will remain liquid at room temperature). Someone else has already corrected the error. - toh 19:46, 2005 Feb 10 (UTC)
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Hass vs. Haas
Are you sure that hass is so wrong? It's named after Rudolph Haas, a La habra Heights postal worker who patented the variety in 1935.
Even if it's common to spell it Hass, it's hardly correct to say that Haas is wrong.
In any case, this info should probably make it's way into the article.
