1. pear(n = noun.food) - sweet juicy gritty-textured fruit available in many varieties;
is a kind of edible fruit, false fruit, pome
is a part of pear, pear tree, pyrus communis
has particulars: bosc, anjou, bartlett, bartlett pear, seckel, seckel pear
2. pear(n = noun.plant) pear tree, pyrus communis - Old World tree having sweet gritty-textured juicy fruit; widely cultivated in many varieties;
is a kind of fruit tree
has parts: pear
is a member of genus pyrus, pyrus
The fleshy pome, or fruit, of a rosaceous tree (
pear, n.
1 a yellowish or brownish-green fleshy fruit, tapering towards the stalk.
2 any of various trees of the genus Pyrus bearing it, esp. P. communis.
Idiom:
pear-drop a small sweet with the shape of a pear.
Etymology:
OE pere, peru ult. f. L pirum
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