avocado pear

2.3

A soft fruit with rough green or dark skin, yellow-green flesh, and a large seed in the middle

noun
/ˌævəˈkoʊdoʊ pɛr/

Archaic

: aguacate

She sliced an avocado pear for the salad, adding a creamy texture to the dish.

Examples

The avocado pear is rich in healthy fats and vitamins.
Can you pass me an avocado pear?
In some markets, avocado pear is the common name for the fruit known simply as avocado elsewhere.
I love eating avocado pears for breakfast.
She sliced an avocado pear for the salad, adding a creamy texture to the dish.
The avocado pear is rich in healthy fats and vitamins.
I love eating avocado pears for breakfast.

Synonyms

avocado

vsavocado pear

49 1.0

A pear-shaped fruit with rough green or black skin, creamy yellow-green flesh and a large central seed

focuses on physical features rather than culinary use

aguacate

vsavocado pear

1 8.8

A pear-shaped green or black fruit with soft yellow flesh and one large seed

is the English descriptive name rather than the foreign form

alligator pear

vsavocado pear

4.9

A green pear-shaped fruit with creamy yellow flesh and a large seed

is the standard descriptive name rather than that alternate term

avo

vsavocado pear

Australian

7.7

A green fruit with soft flesh often mashed and spread on toast

is the neutral descriptive name used in formal or general contexts

How Ripe

overripe

7 3.0

avocado pear

Archaic

2.3

unripe

3 2.7

Surface Forms

avocado pear singular

avocado pears plural

Morphology

avocado + pear

The meaning is directly inferable from its parts: 'avocado' (a pear-shaped green fruit) combined with 'pear' signals a pear-shaped fruit related to an avocado. This straightforward noun–noun compounding follows regular English composition, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would understand the intended referent.

Etymology

Avocado pear may come from the fruit's pear-like shape and soft, creamy flesh. People joined avocado and pear to show this, so the name means a 'pear-shaped' avocado.