Pear Synonyms

pâr
Old World tree having sweet gritty-textured juicy fruit; widely cultivated in many varieties
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. pear-tree
  2. Pyrus communis

Words Related to Pear

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Pear Sentence Examples

  • The caroub tree and the prickly pear are extensively cultivated.

  • The fruit of the pear is produced on spurs, which appear on shoots more than one year old.

  • Prickly pear (opuntia) hedges are as frequent as in Sicily.

  • The pear is subject to several diseases caused by fungi.

  • The former attacks apple and pear; the latter, which selects orange and citron, was introduced into America from Australia, and carried ruin before it in some orange districts until its natural enemy, the lady-bird beetle, Vedalia cardinalis, was also imported.

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