avocado pit
Toothpick science project
The avocado pit is the large, round seed at the center of an avocado fruit.
It accounts for a significant portion of the fruit's weight and must be removed before eating.
Some people sprout avocado pits in water to grow houseplants: She stuck toothpicks in the pit and suspended it over a glass of water.
- seedEmbryonic plant capsule
- stoneSolid earth fragment
- coreCentral essential portion
- sproutNew plant emergence
- toothpicksSlender oral cleaning sticks
water · water glass · grow · houseplant · slippery · brown · brown skin · oval · hard · smooth · compost · food waste · root · root system · stem · propagate · jar · paper towel
- fruit seedsapple seeds, grape seeds, watermelon seeds, papaya seeds, pomegranate seeds
- pits
- tropical seedscoconut, cacao, coffee bean, vanilla bean, mango seed
- seed casingsalmond shell, walnut shell, peanut shell, coconut shell, pod
- peelsapple peel, banana peel, banana peels, orange peel, orange peels
- dyesdye, madder, synthetic dye, woad, natural dyes