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Meanings of alligator pear in anglès

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persea americana

The fruit of an avocado tree (Persea americana).

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        Usage of alligator pear in anglès
        1
        Small, sweeter than the alligator pear, the sweet red fruit of the yucca.
        Poe's children: the new horror : an anthology
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        Every hut is surrounded with enormous trees of persea,* (* Laurus persea ( alligator pear).)
        Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of Amer...
        3
        Probably the man who would order "stewed tripe Spanish" wouldn't touch an alligator pear salad.
        Vignettes of San Francisco
        4
        She not only came for dinner with us on Sunday, but made the dressing for my alligator pear salad.
        A Fool and His Money
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        Here we are in the land of Smithfield hams and spoon-bread and we ate canned lobster for lunch, and alligator pear salad.
        The Trumpeter Swan
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        Boiled yam, fried taro, alligator pear salad-there ,you'vegot me all mixed, Then I found a last delectable half-poundof dried squid.
        The Night-Born
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        The man behind him was a thickset, squat individual, with puffed, discoloured eyes and a nose that reminded Kitty of an alligator pear.
        The Drums of Jeopardy
        8
        Alligator pears, melon or other fruit may be substituted for above variety.
        The New Dr. Price Cookbook
        9
        From this distance, their fruits look to me exactly like alligator pears or-
        Black Caesar's Clan : A Florida Mystery Story
        10
        For three weeks I had been trying to buy alligator pears in the town hard by.
        A Fool and His Money
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        To him alligator pears taste exactly like lard.
        Vignettes of San Francisco
        12
        When she heard me speak she jumped, and her eyes got as big as alligator pears.
        Roads of Destiny
        13
        In reality the stories are only alligator pears-onemerely eats them for the sake of the salad-dressing.
        Mark Twain's Letters — Volume 3 (1876-1885)
        14
        Grapefruit and Alligator Pear Salad, Paprika Crackers.
        How to Prepare and Serve a Meal; and Interior Decoration
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        There won't be yachts-andchefs-andalligator pears.
        Mistress Anne
        16
        For example, one time she brought in twin alligators & served them as alligator pears (pairs).
        The new yorker
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