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Pear tree

//ˌpɛə ˈtɹiː// name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A suburb of Derby, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK3533).
Noun
  1. 1
    A tree of the genus Pyrus, which bears the pears as fruits.

    "On the first day of Christmas, my true love sent to me A partridge in a pear tree"

  2. 2
    Old World tree having sweet gritty-textured juicy fruit; widely cultivated in many varieties wordnet

Etymology

From Middle English peretre, pertre, pere tre; equivalent to pear + tree.

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