The Collaborative International Dictionary
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] ||
WordNet
n. a pear-shaped tropical fruit with green or blackish skin and rich yellowish pulp enclosing a single large seed [syn: avocado, alligator pear, aguacate]
Usage examples of "avocado pear".
Fruit trees, mango, orange, avocado pear, were so plentiful as to seem wild.
Every Sunday my grandfather used to bring me an avocado pear hidden at the bottom of his briefcase under six soiled shirts and the Sunday comics.
Then he's roasting a pitiful little sucking pig and making an avocado pear salad and we're to finish up with guavas and coconut cream.
I took the Bentley key off Charlie's ring ani exchanged it for an eight-year-old Cadillac the colour of an old avocado pear.