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Alligator pear

noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An avocado. Caribbean, Louisiana, Southern-US, dialectal, especially

    "There was a tree just behind which bore alligator pears, and all about were the cocoa-nuts which gave the land its revenue."

  2. 2
    a pear-shaped tropical fruit with green or blackish skin and rich yellowish pulp enclosing a single large seed wordnet

Etymology

The "alligator" is likely an alteration of Spanish aguacate, perhaps influenced by the similarity in texture between the skin of the fruit and of an alligator.

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