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Origin of alligator pear

First recorded in 1755–65; alligator, alteration by folk etymology of Latin American Spanish (Mexico) aguacate ; with reference to the fruit's bumpy skin; see avocado

Words nearby alligator pear

alligator, alligator clip, alligatorfish, alligator gar, alligator lizard, alligator pear, alligator pepper, alligator shear, alligator snapping turtle, alligator wrench, all-important

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How to use alligator pear in a sentence

Alligator-pear salad—more to be desired than gold, yea, than much fine gold—is offered to me.
Bizarre|Lawton Mackall
It was like an alligator pear—and his complexion was like those cactus fruits that likewise infest fancy grocers' shops.
Ptomaine Street|Carolyn Wells
Probably the man who would order "stewed tripe Spanish" wouldn't touch an alligator pear salad.
Vignettes Of San Francisco|Almira Bailey
One large or two small heads of lettuce; four medium sized tomatoes; one alligator pear.
Stevenson Memorial Cook Book|Various

They have not the plantain, good 21 baked, nor the avocado or alligator pear, which fried in butter or oil is so admirable.
The Art of Entertaining|M. E. W. Sherwood

British Dictionary definitions for alligator pear

alligator pear

noun

another name for avocado

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