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midshipman's butter

midshipman's butter noun: the avocado fruit.

Noun

midshipman's butter (uncountable)

  1. (archaic) The avocado fruit.

Questions about midshipman's butter

What does midshipman's butter mean?
Midshipman's butter means the avocado fruit.
What part of speech is midshipman's butter?
Midshipman's butter is a noun.

Words near midshipman's butter in the dictionary

  1. midship
  2. midship coefficient
  3. midship coefficients
  4. midshipman
  5. midshipman fish
  6. midshipman's butter
  7. midshipman's hitch
  8. midshipman's hitches
  9. midshipman's nuts
  10. midshipmanship
  11. midshipmen

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