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alligator pear

noun

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.

  1. derived from aguacate

Definitions

  1. An avocado.

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

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