AVOCADO See also:

• PEAR (Pyrus communis)

PEAR  , the See also:

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

fruit of the See also:

• 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 See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

West Indies and elsewhere; the flesh is of a soft and See also:

• 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 See also:

• SPANISH

Spanish for " See also:

• 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 See also:

• SOUND
• SOUND, THE (Danish Oresund)

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

• ALLIGATOR (Spanish el lagarto, " the lizard ")

alligator-See also:

• PEAR (Pyrus communis)

pear." Avocato, avigato, abbogada are variants .