alligator pear

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

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

词形变化

alligator pears plural

词源

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.
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