alligator pear

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alligator pear

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The "alligator" is likely an alteration of Spanish aguacate, perhaps influenced by the similarity in texture between the skin of the fruit and of an alligator.

noun alligator pears

Caribbean, Louisiana, Southern US, dialectal, especially An avocado. There was a tree just behind which bore alligator pears, and all about were the cocoa-nuts which gave the land its revenue.

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"alligator pear." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/alligator%20pear. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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"alligator pear." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/alligator%20pear.

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@misc{alligator_pear_2026,
  title = {alligator pear},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/alligator%20pear},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}