noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
prickly pear
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
prickly
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He was an old countryman with a betel-ravaged mouth, the cancerous tongue sticking helplessly out like a crimson prickly pear .
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Heading up an orange-dirt trail, she passes prickly pear cactus and yucca.
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Did Zenaida burn up, poisoned herself by the robe of prickly pear ?
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Harsh fortresses of prickly pears and shard grass and dead branches block off all escape.
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We could see grassy tracks winding through the fields between stone walls and hedges of prickly pear .
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When they thinned out he headed for the cherry blossoms, then magnolia, chinaberry, pecan, walnut and prickly pear .
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With an Epilady you don't end up with a prickly pear .
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Dance off that burnt passion fruit tart with fresh mango and prickly pear to get a head start on 2001 resolutions.
■ NOUN
shape
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I had put on around a stone during the year and I was beginning to take on the traditional pear shape .
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The thing stayed where it was: a small, grey, pear shape made of some doughy material.
tree
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All varieties of plum, apple, and pear trees , grew in unison.
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Q: I bought two Bartlett pear trees .
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It must be a blackbird she could hear in the pear tree .
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Under a pear tree in the far comer of the orchard was a picturesque timber built shed.
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With some memory, perhaps, of childhood, I had planted a pear tree outside the window.
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When the arbour collapsed, when the pear tree blew over, they cleared the wreckage and left Nature to it.
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Really, it was a small orchard, with some apple and pear trees and untended grass.
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How the leaves which still clung to the branches of the pear tree were silvered on their undersides.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Add the tomatoes and their juice along with the drained pear halves.
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Bartlett pears are susceptible to fire blight.
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Heading up an orange-dirt trail, she passes prickly pear cactus and yucca.
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I thought they was pears at first and I got excited, cos I like pears, but they wasn't.
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If the pears are quite firm simmer in a large saucepan for 20-30 minutes until tender.
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Now she could feel him, a bulge like a pear .
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You may wish to leave the softer peel on a peach, but remove the tougher peel of a pear or apple.