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Definition: Alligator Pear |
Alligator PearNoun1. Pear-shaped tropical fruit with green or blackish skin and rich yellowish pulp enclosing a single large seed. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definition |
Food & Agriculture | The pulpy green or purple somewhat pear-shaped edible fruit of various tropical american trees of the genus persea. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: Alligator PearSynonyms: avocado (n), avocado pear (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Food | Alligator pear, apple; apple slump; artichoke; ashcake, griddlecake, pancake, flapjack; atole, avocado, banana, beche de mer, barbecue, beefsteak; beet root; blackberry, blancmange, bloater, bouilli, bouillon, breadfruit, chop suey; chowder, chupatty, clam, compote, damper, fish, frumenty, grapes, hasty pudding, ice cream, lettuce, mango, mangosteen, mince pie, oatmeal, oyster, pineapple, porridge, porterhouse steak, salmis, sauerkraut, sea slug, sturgeon ("Albany beef"), succotash, supawn, trepang, vanilla, waffle, walnut. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
alligator pear | 8 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "alligator pear"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | авокадо (avocado). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | avocado (avocado, avocado pear). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | awacati (avocado), avocado's (avocado, avocado pear), avocado (avocado, avocado pear), alligatorpeer (avocado, avocado pear), advokaat (advocate, avocado, avocado pear, barrister solicitor), advocaatboom (avocado), advocaat (advocate, barrister, counsel, egg nog, intercessor, lawyer, solicitor). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | avokado (avocado, avocado pear). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | avocat, avocado, poire d'avocat. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Avocatos (avocado, avocado pear), Avocadofrucht (avocado, avocado pear), Avocado (avocado). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | περσέα η ηδύκαρπος (avocado, avocado pear), αβοκάντο (avocado), αχλάδι της ποικιλίας avocat (avocado, avocado pear). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | avocado (avocado). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | peear doo. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | alligatoray earpay abacate (avocado, avocado pear). (various references) aguacate (avocado, avocado pear). (various references) avokado (avocado). (various references) avakado. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | Persea americana, Persea gratissima. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-a-e-g-i-l-l-o-p-r-r-t" | |
-3 letters: praetorial. | |
-4 letters: alligator, palliator, paralegal, patroller, raptorial. | |
-5 letters: arillate, arrogate, arterial, galleria, gallipot, galloper, palatial, palliate, paltrier, parietal, patagial, patellar, pelagial, pellagra, petiolar, pillager, pilotage, portlier, preallot, pretrial, priorate, progeria, retailor. | |
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