sweet juicy gritty-textured fruit available in many varieties
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Old World tree having sweet gritty-textured juicy fruit; widely cultivated in many varieties
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Pear \Pear\ (p[^a]r), n. [OE. pere, AS. peru, L. pirum: cf. F. poire. Cf. {Perry}.] (Bot.) The fleshy pome, or fruit, of a rosaceous tree ({Pyrus communis}), cultivated in many varieties in temperate climates; also, the tree which bears this fruit. See {Pear family}, below.
{Pear blight}. (a) (Bot.) A name of two distinct diseases of pear trees, both causing a destruction of the branches, viz., that caused by a minute insect ({Xyleborus pyri}), and that caused by the freezing of the sap in winter. --A. J. Downing. (b) (Zo["o]l.) A very small beetle ({Xyleborus pyri}) whose larv[ae] bore in the twigs of pear trees and cause them to wither.
{Pear family} (Bot.), a suborder of rosaceous plants ({Pome[ae]}), characterized by the calyx tube becoming fleshy in fruit, and, combined with the ovaries, forming a pome. It includes the apple, pear, quince, service berry, and hawthorn.
{Pear gauge} (Physics), a kind of gauge for measuring the exhaustion of an air-pump receiver; -- so called because consisting in part of a pear-shaped glass vessel.
{Pear shell} (Zo["o]l.), any marine gastropod shell of the genus {Pyrula}, native of tropical seas; -- so called from the shape.
{Pear slug} (Zo["o]l.), the larva of a sawfly which is very injurious to the foliage of the pear tree.
The ground is covered with prickly pear cactus and creosote bushes, the high, spindly ocotillo called buggy whips and the needle-pointed lechuguilla.
Mossdraped live oaks shade the property, and near the house are pear, pecan, fig and peach trees.
The Tuneros are named for the peasant harvesters of the tuna, the Spanish word for prickly pear.
I have enjoyed my 'build-up' breakfast (but not as much as last night's afters: pear bread overlaid with gorgonzola and dribbled with honey).
Ideal shape for a downhill skier: pear (heavily muscled thighs and buttocks for shock absorption, narrow shoulders for aerodynamic efficiency).
Along the way there are the hard little nuggets of carefully packaged historical fact - discursions on Brunel and the Great Western Railway, bee-keeping, the raising of the William pear.
(Partridge, $15; pear tree, $12.48.) Two turtle doves, $50.
But Maggie Andre, a spokeswoman, concedes that there isn't any evidence that partridges are partial to pear trees.
According to the maitre d'hotel, Sergio Rodriguez, he had a mixed salad and hake with mushroom and clam sauce, with a pear for dessert.
In Europe it's usually known as the pear whitefly or peach whitefly, because of damage to those crops.
The pathway leading to the The Place of Remembrance is lined by double rows of pear trees and heather.
The bacteria, which prevents widespread pear production in much of the United States, requires warm temperature at bloom time to enter the trees, Willett said.
They also say the airport will create $5.1 billion in additional business revenue pear year and draw domestic and international businesses to Colorado.
Chanin, whose cheesecakes come in flavors like ginger pear, mocha blanca and honey fig, isn't surprised.