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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
alligator pear
 
NOUN: See avocado (sense 1).
ETYMOLOGY:By folk etymology from American Spanish aguacate, avocado (the trees are said to grow in areas infested by alligators). See aguacate.
 
 
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