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Alligator Pear

Definition: Alligator Pear

Alligator Pear

Noun

1. 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.
 


Specialty Definition: Alligator Pear

DomainDefinition

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.

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Synonyms: Alligator Pear

Synonyms: avocado (n), avocado pear (n). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Alligator Pear

ContextSynonyms 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.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Alligator Pear

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.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

alligator pear

8
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Modern Translation: Alligator Pear

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

   

Portuguese

  

abacate (avocado, avocado pear). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

aguacate (avocado, avocado pear). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

avokado (avocado). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

avakado. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Alligator Pear

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

Persea americana, Persea gratissima. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Anagrams: Alligator Pear

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.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Expressions: Internet
4. Translations: Modern
5. Translations: Ancient
6. Anagrams
7. Bibliography


  

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