avocado pear

Noun

Synonyms: avocado alligator pear avocado pear aguacate

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

a pear-shaped tropical fruit with green or blackish skin and rich yellowish pulp enclosing a single large seedSynonyms: avocado alligator pear avocado pear aguacate

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Avocado \Av`o*ca"do\, n. [Corrupted from the Mexican ahuacatl: cf. Sp. aguacate, F. aguacat['e], avocat, G. avogadobaum.] The pulpy fruit of Persea gratissima, a tree of tropical America. It is about the size and shape of a large pear; -- called also avocado pear, alligator pear, midshipman's butter. [1913 Webster]