Refulgent Swoop Avocado

Latin refulgēns, shining-back — present-participle of refulgere, sharing root with fulgor (lightning). As a color modifier, refulgent implies a saturated-and-reflective-shining quality, the bright color of polished-bronze-and-armor reflective-surface mid-day-sun reflection. Sits at the bright-and-saturated end of the grid, parallel to effulgent and resplendent in usage.

Old English swāpan, to-sweep-down. As a color modifier, swoop implies a fast-descending-and-arcing-down quality, the visual register of peregrine-falcon-and-stooping-hawk-swoop hand-fast-descending-and-arcing-down peregrine-falcon-and-stooping-hawk-and-eagle swooped-and-fast-descending-and-arcing-down surfaces under peregrine-falcon-and-stooping-hawk-and-eagle cliff-face-and-moorland-and-open-sky raptor-stoop-light. Sits at the modifier-and-mood end of the grid, parallel to flit and glide in usage.

Persea americana, the buttery drupe domesticated in Mesoamerica seven thousand years ago and named for the Aztec āhuacatl. The color refers to ripe avocado flesh just under the dark skin: a soft, slightly muted yellow-green with the warm undertones of plant fat. Earthier than pistachio, lighter than olive, with the recent kitchen association of a fruit only recently turned global staple.