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   Pear
   (Pyrus) Pyrus is the botanical name for a popular group of deciduous trees and shrubs greatly valued for their beauty and their delicious fruit, known as Pears. Pears can be grown throughout the Temperate regions where winters are not too severe and there is adequate moisture. Pears will not survive where temperatures fall lower than -20º F. They are widely cultivated for commerce in California, Washington, Oregon and in places near the Great Lakes. Other regions that grow Pears include New York...
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   Pear
   The pear (Pyrus communis) is a decidious, usually thorny tree of the family rosaceae, genus Pyrus. It is native to Europe and Asia. The leaves are narrowly lance-shaped to broadly oval. The flowers are white or pinkish, in flat-topped clusters, appearing before or with the leaves. The fruit has a characteristic gritty texture caused by the presence of stone-cells in the flesh of the fruit.
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   pear
   [n] - Old World tree having sweet gritty-textured juicy fruit 2. [n] - sweet juicy gritty-textured fruit available in many varieties
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   pear
   a yellowish or brownish-green fleshy fruit,tapering towards the stalk Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries
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   pear
   Pink to yellowish-white timber used in country furniture and often stained black (ebonised), as it takes a stain well. In the late 17th and early 18th centuries, pearwood was widely used for picture and mirror frames and cabinet stands.
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   Pear
   Pear (pâr) noun [ Middle English pere , Anglo-Saxon peru , Latin pirum : confer French poire . Confer Perry .] (Botany) 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) (Bo ...
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   pear
   <botany> 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. ... <botany> The larva of a sawfly which is very injurious to the foliage of the pear tree. ... Origin: OE. Pere, AS. Peru, L. Pirum: cf. ...
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   pear
   noun sweet juicy gritty-textured fruit available in many varieties
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   pear
   pear tree noun Old World tree having sweet gritty-textured juicy fruit; widely cultivated in many varieties
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    Pear
    A `pear` is a tree of the genus `Pyrus` and the juicy fruit of that tree, edible in some species. The English word `pear` is probably from Common West Germanic `*pera`, probably a loanword of Vulgar Latin `pira`, the plural of `pirum`, which is itself of unknown origin. See also Peorð. The place name `Perry` can indicate the historical presence of pear trees. The term `pyriform` is sometimes used to describe something which is `pear-shaped`. The...
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    Pear
    • (n.) 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.
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    pear
    any of several species of the genus Pyrus, especially Pyrus communis, of the rose family (Rosaceae), which is one of the most important fruit trees ... [4 related articles]
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    Pear
    A fruit from to the rose family which includes apples, plums, cherries, apricots, and strawberries. There are over 5,000 varieties of pears. It improves in texture and flavor after it is picked. France is the leading pear-growing country.
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    pear
    pear, name for a fruit tree of the genus Pyrus of the family Rosaceae (rose 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 are v...
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