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More than 10,000 years ago, people in Mexico and Central America gathered and ate the fruit of wild avocado (牛油果) trees and 1 didn’t take long before they started to plant this high-fat, tasty food.
The name “avocado” 2 (be) from an Aztec word, ahuacatl, which refers to the shape of the fruit. The earliest evidence of human 3 (consume) of avocados is the seeds, or stones, found in Coxcatlan Cave in the Tehuacan Valley, Mexico, 4 have dated back to around 8,000 BCE. The high oil content of the avocado’s green flesh would have made the fruit a valuable addition 5 the prehistoric diet.
Domestication of the avocado soon followed, with the trees 6 (plant) in Mexico and Central America. By the time the explorer Christopher Columbus 7 (reach) South America in 1492, avocados were being consumed as far south as Peru. Today, Mexico is the world’s leading avocado producer, and the fruit is also 8 important crop in the US state of California, the Dominican Republic, and Indonesia.
With an amazing flavour, buttery flesh, and high nutrient content, the avocado has enjoyed a recent rise in popularity, and people continue to find innovative ways 9 (enjoy) it. It is perhaps most famous as the main ingredient of salad, but in Latin America avocados are still 10 (wide) used to garnish (搭配) chicken and potato soup.