pear

an edible fruit; the tree itself: partridge in a pear tree
Not to be confused with:pair – two things that are matched for use together: a pair of socks; a married, engaged, or dating couple; two mated animals; a pair of horsespare – to cut off the outer coating, layer, or part of: pare an apple

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P0016500 (pâr)n.1. Any of several trees of the genus Pyrus in the rose family, having glossy leaves and white flowers, especially P. communis, widely cultivated for its edible fruit.2. The fruit of any of these trees, having gritty, juicy flesh and usually a shape that is spherical at the base and tapering toward the stalk.

[Middle English pere, from Old English peru, a fruit of the pear tree, ultimately from Vulgar Latin *pira, from Latin, pl. of pirum; akin to Greek apion, pear (both Greek and Latin being borrowed from the same unknown source).]

pear

(pɛə) n1. (Plants) a widely cultivated rosaceous tree, Pyrus communis, having white flowers and edible fruits2. (Plants) the sweet gritty-textured juicy fruit of this tree, which has a globular base and tapers towards the apex3. (Forestry) the wood of this tree, used for making furniture[Old English pere, ultimately from Latin pirum]

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(pɛər)

n. 1. the edible fruit, typically rounded but elongated and growing smaller toward the stem, of a tree, Pyrus communis, of the rose family. 2. the tree itself. [before 1000; Middle English pe(e)re, Old English peru < Latin pira, pl. of pirum pear]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	pear - sweet juicy gritty-textured fruit available in many varietiesedible fruit - edible reproductive body of a seed plant especially one having sweet fleshbosc - greenish-yellow pearanjou - a pear with firm flesh and a green skinbartlett pear, bartlett - juicy yellow pearseckel, seckel pear - small yellowish- to reddish-brown pearpear tree, Pyrus communis, pear - Old World tree having sweet gritty-textured juicy fruit; widely cultivated in many varietiesfalse fruit, pome - a fleshy fruit (apple or pear or related fruits) having seed chambers and an outer fleshy part
	2.	pear - Old World tree having sweet gritty-textured juicy fruit; widely cultivated in many varietiespear tree, Pyrus communispear - sweet juicy gritty-textured fruit available in many varietiesgenus Pyrus, Pyrus - fruit trees native to the Old World: pearsfruit tree - tree bearing edible fruit

Translations

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pear

(peə) noun a type of fruit of the apple family, round at the bottom and narrowing towards the stem or top. She's very fond of pears; (also adjective) a pear tree.梨ˈpear-shaped adjective梨形的

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name for a fruit tree of the genus Pyrus of the family Rosaceae (roserose,
common name for some members of the Rosaceae, a large family of herbs, shrubs, and trees distributed over most of the earth, and for plants of the genus Rosa, the true roses.
..... Click the link for more information. family) and for its fruit, a pome. The common pear (P. communis) is one of the earliest cultivated of fruit trees, both in its native W Asia and in Europe. Most of the pear strains grown for their sweet and juicy fruit in Europe and North America are varieties of P. communis or of its hybrids with other species of Pyrus—usually P. pyrifolia, known as the Asian, Japanese, Chinese, or sand pear and indigenous to China; the fruit is broad at the base, generally narrowing toward the stem. The Asian pear also is grown for its fruit, which is crisp, juicy, sweet, and more applelike in shape, and has been used as a rootstock in orchards of common pears. The related quincequince,
shrub or small tree of the Asian genera Chaenomeles and Cydonia of the family Rosaceae (rose family). The common quince (Cydonia oblonga) is a spineless tree with edible fruits cultivated from ancient times in Asia and in the Mediterranean area,
..... Click the link for more information. is similarly used as a rootstock.

Common pear strains with fruit of really good eating quality were not developed until the 18th and 19th cent. in N Europe, whence almost all the present successful varieties (e.g., the Bartlett, Anjou, Bosc, Comice, and Seckel) grown in the United States (chiefly on the Pacific coast and in the Great Lakes area) were directly imported. European production is far greater—especially in Germany, France, and Switzerland, where much of the crop is used for making pear cider (perry). Pears are also cultivated on a large scale in Japan, Turkey, Argentina, and Australia. They are usually sold fresh or canned; some are dried.

Several varieties of the common pear and of other species—e.g., the small, white-foliaged snow pear (P. nivalis) of SE Europe and W Asia and the callery pear (P. calleryana) of China and Vietnam—have been used as ornamentals. The cultivars of the callery pear, such as the Bradford pear, however, have become become invasive in many parts of the E United States, sometimes forming dense stands.

The pear tree and its fruit are similar to the closely related appleapple,
any tree (and its fruit) of the genus Malus of the family Rosaceae (rose family). Apples were formerly considered species of the pear genus Pyrus, with which they share the characteristic pome fruit. The common apple (M.
..... Click the link for more information. (considered by some botanists to be of the same genus) in characteristics and in method of cultivation, but the tree is somewhat less hardy and the common pear's fruit is more perishable. Pear or fire blight is the tree's most serious disease; it is also attacked by several insect pests. Pear wood, hard and dense, is used to a limited extent in cabinetmaking. Pears are classified in the division MagnoliophytaMagnoliophyta
, division of the plant kingdom consisting of those organisms commonly called the flowering plants, or angiosperms. The angiosperms have leaves, stems, and roots, and vascular, or conducting, tissue (xylem and phloem).
..... Click the link for more information. , class Magnoliopsida, order Rosales, family Rosaceae.

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Alternate pointed oval simple leaves with shiny top. Can handle cold quite well. White (rarely pink) 5 -petal flowers. Some pears look just like apples, but fruit flesh is gritty and tastes like pear. High fiber used for constipation, colon, breast and other cancers, cholesterol, heart, immune system, antioxidant quercitin, energy, osteoporosis, shortness of breath, vocal cords, voice.

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[per] (botany) Any of several tree species of the genus Pyrus in the order Rosales, cultivated for their fruit, a pome that is wider at the apical end and has stone cells throughout the flesh.

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symbol of love and tenderness. [Flower Symbolism: Flora Symbolica, 176]See: Love

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1. a widely cultivated rosaceous tree, Pyrus communis, having white flowers and edible fruits 2. the sweet gritty-textured juicy fruit of this tree, which has a globular base and tapers towards the apex 3. the wood of this tree, used for making furniture

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noun sweet juicy gritty-textured fruit available in many varieties

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noun Old World tree having sweet gritty-textured juicy fruit

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