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  1. 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...
    Found on http://www.botany.com/pyrus.html

  2. pear
    [n] - Old World tree having sweet gritty-textured juicy fruit 2. [n] - sweet juicy gritty-textured fruit available in many varieties
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  3. pear
    a yellowish or brownish-green fleshy fruit,tapering towards the stalk Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  4. 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.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/visitor-contrib

  5. 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 m...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/P/37

  6. 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 ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  7. pear
    noun sweet juicy gritty-textured fruit available in many varieties
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  8. pear
    pear tree noun Old World tree having sweet gritty-textured juicy fruit; widely cultivated in many varieties
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  9. 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.
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  10. 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]
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/p/33

  11. PEAR
    The PHP Extension and Application Repository, or PEAR, is a repository of PHP software code. Stig S. Bakken founded the PEAR project in 1999 to promote the re-use of code that performs common functions. The project seeks to provide a structured library of code, maintain a system for distributing co...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PEAR

  12. Pear
    The pear is any of several tree species of genus Pyrus (s) and also the name of the pomaceous fruit of these trees. Several species of pear are valued by humans for their edible fruit, but the fruit of other species is small, hard, and astringent. The genus Pyrus is classified in subtribe Pyrinae w...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pear

  13. 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.
    Found on http://www.nutribase.com/fruits.shtml

  14. 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...
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/sci/A08379

  15. Pear
    The pear (Pyrus communis) is a deciduous, 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 ch...
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  16. pear
    Succulent, gritty-textured edible fruit of the pear tree, native to temperate regions of Europe and Asia. White flowers precede the fruits, which have a greenish-yellow and brown skin and taper towards the stalk. Pear trees are cultivated for their fruit which are eaten fresh or canned; a wine known as perry is made from pear juice. (&l...
    Found on http://www.talktalk.co.uk/reference/ency

  17. Pear
    (n) the fruit used to make perry. Special types of pear (called perry pears) are used, as dessert pears are not good for making perry. Some well-known varieties of perry pear are Gin, Rock, Hendre Huffcap and Blakeney Red.
    Found on http://www.somersetmade.co.uk/oldscrump/

  18. 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.
    Found on http://www.nutribase.com/fruits.shtml

  19. Pear
    Pears are trees of the genus Pyrus and the juicy fruit of that tree, edible in some of the species. The English word pear is from Common West Germanic *pera, probably a loanword of Vulgar Latin pira, the plural of prim that is itself of unknown origin. See also Peorð. The place name Perry could be indicated the historical presence of pear trees.
    Found on http://www.fruitsinfo.com/glossary-p.htm

  20. Pear
    A Provolone style that weighs between 20 and 40 pounds and resembles the shape of a pear. Ropes are tied around the cheese for hanging for proper aging.
    Found on http://www.eatwisconsincheese.com/cheese

  21. Pear
    Pears are trees of the genus Pyrus and the juicy fruit of that tree, edible in some of the species. The English word pear is from Common West Germanic *pera, probably a loanword of Vulgar Latin pira, the plural of prim that is itself of unknown origin. See also Peor�. The place name Perry cou...
    Found on http://www.fruitsinfo.com/glossary-p.htm

  22. Pear
    [Užice] Pear (Serbian Cyrillic: Пеар) is a village located in the Užice municipality of Serbia. In the 2002 census, the village had a population of 537. ...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pear_(Užic

  23. Pear
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    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pear_(peopl



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27 May 2012

This day in history: The Queen Mary made her maiden voyage, on the Southampton-Cherbourg-New York route, on 27 May 1936. The passenger accommodation emphasised the first two classes, cabin and tourist. The propulsion machinery of the ship produced a massive 160,000 SHP and gave it a speed of over 30 knots. Despite expectations that the ship would try to break speed records on its first voyage a thick fog destroyed any hope of this. The Queen Mary spent a short time in drydock during July whilst adjustments were made to the propellers and turbines. When the ship returned to service, in August, it made a record voyage from Bishop's Rock to Ambrose light and took the Blue Riband from the Normandie. read more

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