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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a pear-shaped tropical fruit with green or blackish skin and rich yellowish pulp enclosing a single large seed;
[syn: avocado, alligator pear, avocado pear, aguacate]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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 (r) 3.0 (2006):

avocado pear n 1: a pear-shaped tropical fruit with green or blackish skin and rich yellowish pulp enclosing a single large seed [syn: avocado, alligator pear, avocado pear, aguacate]