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DEFINITIONS OF:
pear
1
n
Old World tree having sweet gritty-textured juicy fruit; widely cultivated in many varieties
Synonyms:
Pyrus communis
,
pear tree
Type of:
fruit tree
tree bearing edible fruit
n
sweet juicy gritty-textured fruit available in many varieties
Types:
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bosc
greenish-yellow pear
anjou
a pear with firm flesh and a green skin
bartlett
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bartlett pear
juicy yellow pear
seckel
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seckel pear
small yellowish- to reddish-brown pear
Type of:
edible fruit
edible reproductive body of a seed plant especially one having sweet flesh
false fruit
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pome
a fleshy fruit (apple or pear or related fruits) having seed chambers and an outer fleshy part
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