noun
1. : snow pear
2.
a. : a Chinese pear ( Pyrus pyrifolia ) with large white flowers and in some strains edible fruit that is cultivated as an ornamental, is sometimes used as a stock for grafting horticultural pears, and has been hybridized with the common pear especially to impart disease resistance
b. : any of various cultivated pears that contain numerous stone cells in the fruit and are usually hybrids between the common horticultural pears and the Chinese sand pear