[a. Fr. amadote, according to Littré a corruption of d’amoudot or rather of Dame Oudet, name of the first grower.] A kind of pear.
1706. Phillips, Amadetto, a sort of Pear.
1755. [Johnson has Amadetto and Amadot.]
1763. Miller, Gard. Dict., Pyrus sativa … L’Amadote, i.e. the Amadot Pear.
