ALLIGATOR PEAR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does alligator pear mean? 

• ALLIGATOR PEAR (noun)
  The noun ALLIGATOR PEAR has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: ALLIGATOR PEAR used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ALLIGATOR PEAR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Synonyms:

aguacate; alligator pear; avocado; avocado pear

Hypernyms ("alligator pear" is a kind of...):

edible fruit (edible reproductive body of a seed plant especially one having sweet flesh)

Holonyms ("alligator pear" is a part of...):

avocado; avocado tree; Persea Americana (tropical American tree bearing large pulpy green fruits)