noun
Old World tree having sweet gritty-textured juicy fruit; widely cultivated in many varieties
• Syn: ↑pear, ↑Pyrus communis
• Hypernyms: ↑fruit tree
• Member Holonyms: ↑Pyrus, ↑genus Pyrus
• Part Meronyms: ↑pear
Useful english dictionary. 2012.