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AVOCADO PEAR

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Originally appearing in Volume V03, Page 66 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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AVOCADO

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PEAR (Pyrus communis)

PEAR , the

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FRUIT (through the French from the Lat. fructus; frui, to enjoy)

fruit of the

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TREE (0. Eng. treo, treow, cf. Dan. tree, Swed. Odd, tree, trd, timber; allied forms are found in Russ. drevo, Gr. opus, oak, and 36pv, spear, Welsh derw, Irish darog, oak, and Skr. dare, wood)
TREE, SIR HERBERT BEERBOHM (1853- )

tree Perna gratissima, which grows in the

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West Indies and elsewhere; the flesh is of a soft and

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BUTTERY (from O. Fr. boterie, Late Lat. botaria, a place where liquor is stored, from butta, a cask)

buttery consistency and highly esteemed . The name avocado, the

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SPANISH

Spanish for "

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ADVOCATE (Lat. advocatus, from advocare, to summon, especially in law to call in the aid of a counsel or witness, and so generally to summon to one's assistance)

advocate," is a

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sound-substitute for the Aztec ahuacall; it is also corrupted into "

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ALLIGATOR (Spanish el lagarto, " the lizard ")

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PEAR (Pyrus communis)

pear." Avocato, avigato, abbogada are variants .

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