PEAR

[pear] n [ME pere, fr. OE peru, fr. (assumed) VL pira, fr. L, pl. of pirum] (bef. 12c) 1: a fleshy pome fruit that is borne by a tree (genus Pyrus, esp. P. communis) of the rose family and is usu. larger at the apical end

2: a tree bearing pears