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Webster 1913 Edition


Pyrus


Py′rus

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Noun.
[L.
pyrus
, or better
pirus
, pear tree.]
(Bot.)
A genus of rosaceous trees and shrubs having pomes for fruit. It includes the apple, crab apple, pear, chokeberry, sorb, and mountain ash.

Definition 2024


Pyrus

Pyrus

Translingual

Proper noun

Pyrus f

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Rosaceae – the pears.

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