PEAR


Meaning of PEAR in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈper ]

noun

Etymology: Middle English pere, from Old English peru, from Vulgar Latin * pira, from Latin, plural of pirum

Date: before 12th century

1. : a pome fruit of a tree (genus Pyrus, especially P. communis ) of the rose family that typically has a pale green or brownish skin, a firm juicy flesh, and an oblong shape in which a broad base end tapers upward to a narrow stem end

2. : a tree bearing pears

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