Pear vs. Avocado

Any of several trees of the genus Pyrus in the rose family, having glossy leaves and white flowers, especially P. communis, widely cultivated for its edible fruit.

A tropical American tree (Persea americana) having oval or pear-shaped fruit with leathery skin, yellowish-green flesh, and a large seed.

The fruit of any of these trees, having gritty, juicy flesh and usually a shape that is spherical at the base and tapering toward the stalk.

The edible fruit of this tree. Also called alligator pear, avocado pear.

An edible fruit produced by the pear tree, similar to an apple but typically elongated towards the stem.

A dull green.

A type of fruit tree (Pyrus communis).

The large, usually yellowish-green or black, savory fruit of the avocado tree.

The wood of the pear tree (pearwood, pear wood).

The avocado tree, Persea americana, of the laurel family.

Choke pear (a torture device).

A dark chartreuse colour, like the colour of the skin of an avocado.

(Jamaica) avocado, alligator pear

Of a dull yellowish-green colour.

A desaturated chartreuse yellow colour, like that of a pear.

The pulpy fruit of Persea gratissima, a tree of tropical America. It is about the size and shape of a large pear; - called also avocado pear, alligator pear, midshipman's butter.

The fleshy pome, or fruit, of a rosaceous tree (Pyrus communis), cultivated in many varieties in temperate climates; also, the tree which bears this fruit. See Pear family, below.

A pear-shaped tropical fruit with green or blackish skin and rich yellowish pulp enclosing a single large seed

Sweet juicy gritty-textured fruit available in many varieties

Tropical American tree bearing large pulpy green fruits

Old World tree having sweet gritty-textured juicy fruit; widely cultivated in many varieties

Of the dull yellowish green of the meat of an avocado