Avocado pear

/ˌavəkˈɑːdəʊ pˈeə/

/ˌævəkˈɑːdoʊ pˈɛɹ/

[noun]

Avocado pear

[NOUN]

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

synonyms : aguacate

alligator pear

avocado

Examples

1. Crowds of women and children walking briskly along with their baskets on their heads, carrying yams, plantations, potatoes, breadfruit, limes, lemons, oranges, pineapples, coconuts, mangoes, Shaddock, grapefruits, papaws, melons, custard apples, sweetsop, soursops, roseapples, sapodillas, cherry moya, granadillas, cashews, chochos, tamarinds, avocado pears, poultry, and eggs, et cetera, destined from market in Kingston.

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