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 fruits were beautiful inside the windows—bananas, oranges, alligator pears, bright little kumquats, and even a few pineapples.

From Literature

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

From Salon

I showed Leah where you could get into the alligator pear tree and she boosted me up.

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