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pear

DEFINITIONS OF: pear

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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, bartlett pear
juicy yellow pear
seckel, 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, pome
a fleshy fruit (apple or pear or related fruits) having seed chambers and an outer fleshy part
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