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Webster 1913 Edition
Pear
Pear
(pâr)
, Noun.
(Bot.)
The fleshy pome, or fruit, of a rosaceous tree (
Pyrus communis
), cultivated in many varieties in temperate climates; also, the tree which bears this fruit. See Pear family
, below. Pear blight
. (a)
(Bot.)
A name of two distinct diseases of pear trees, both causing a destruction of the branches, viz., that caused by a minute insect (
Xyleborus pyri
), and that caused by the freezing of the sap in winter. A. J. Downing.
(b)
(Zool.)
A very small beetle (
– Xyleborus pyri
) whose larvæ bore in the twigs of pear trees and cause them to wither. Pear family
(Bot.)
, a suborder of rosaceous plants (
– Pomeæ
), characterized by the calyx tube becoming fleshy in fruit, and, combined with the ovaries, forming a pome. It includes the apple, pear, quince, service berry, and hawthorn. Pear gauge
(Physics)
, a kind of gauge for measuring the exhaustion of an air-pump receiver; – so called because consisting in part of a pear-shaped glass vessel.
– Pear shell
(Zool.)
, any marine gastropod shell of the genus
– Pyrula
, native of tropical seas; – so called from the shape. Pear slug
(Zool.)
, the larva of a sawfly which is very injurious to the foliage of the pear tree.
Webster 1828 Edition
Pear
PEAR
,Noun.
Definition 2024
pear
pear
English
Photo of two pears
Noun
pear (plural pears)
- An edible fruit produced by the pear tree, similar to an apple but elongated towards the stem.
- (also pear tree) A type of fruit tree (Pyrus communis).
- The wood of the pear tree.
- Choke pear (a torture device).
Derived terms
Terms derived from pear
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fruit
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tree
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