alligator pear

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Once known as the alligator pear, the avocado traces its history to southern Mexico, where the fruit, according to some experts, was first cultivated about 5,000 years ago.

From Los Angeles Times

The references may have changed — “alligator pears” instead of avocado toast; Vionnet, not Vuori; telegrams rather than texting — but the preoccupation with love, money, fun and trouble is eternal.

From New York Times

Same with avocado, which achieved superstardom after dropping the name “alligator pear.”

From Salon

The tree had green alligator pears that taste like nothing much.

From Literature

At some point by the late 19th century, Americans had begun to call the crop the “alligator pear,” another name in which growers saw their own ruin.

From Time