BOSC


Meaning of BOSC in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈbäsk ]

noun

Etymology: short for Beurré Bosc, from French, from beurré, any of various soft-fleshed pear varieties + bosc, perhaps from L.-A.-G. Bosc d'Antic died 1828 French naturalist

Date: 1850

: a pear with firm flesh and brown or dark yellow skin

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.