Does an avocado contain a seed or a pit?

Answer 1

pits are seeds.

Answer 2

HeHeHe. Slow nite tonight, aint it.

Anyhow, ALL pits are SEEDS. NOT all seeds are PITS. As has already been stated, a pit is a special case of a seed, that being the case where a single fruit has only a single seed, which is in the middle of the fruit. So peaches, apricots and, yes, AVOCADOS have pits (which ARE seeds) while apples, pears and raspberries have SEEDS that are NOT PITS.

Bert

Answer 3

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avocado

Avocado can be grown as a houseplant from seed. It can be germinated in normal soil in a large pot or by suspending a washed pit (generally using toothpicks embedded in the sides) pointed-side up and filling the glass until the bottom quarter of the pit is covered. The pit will crack as it absorbs water and germinates, and should sprout within 4–6 weeks. When the roots and stem emerge from the seed, it can be planted in soil. The young tree is amenable to pruning and training but will not normally bear fruit indoors without sufficient sunlight and a second plant to cross-pollinate.


BBWCHATT
The old lady in Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA

Answer 4

A pit is the single seed inside a fruit.

So, I guess both answers are right, but a pit is more specific.

Answer 5

Pit...and if you stick 4 toothpicks in it and place it on a glass of water with just the bottom of the pit resting in the water, you can grow an avocado plant...

Answer 6

Apparently it is actually called a pit per a gentleman On line from Cass County Extension Service see:

Todd Weinmann, Extension Horticulturist & Master Gardener Coordinator

E-mail: [e-mail]

Answer 7

A pit, I've grown a few acocado trees. I have a Avocados pit growers to in door how to grow plant book.

Answer 8

A seed. We root them all the time in my kitchen in jars! I think that a pit has the seed inside it.

Answer 9

I would say a pit because of the size, but I kind of thought they were the same thing.

Answer 10

Definitely a seed. A large, solid brown seed.