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AVOCADO PEAR, the fruit of the tree Persea gratissima,
which grows in the West Indies and elsewhere; the flesh is of a soft and
buttery consistency and highly esteemed. The name avocado, the
Spanish for "advocate," is a sound-substitute for the Aztec
ahuacatl; it is also corrupted into "alligator-pear."
Avocato, avigato, abbogada are variants.
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