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Definition of Comice
1. Noun. A cultivated variety of pear with yellowish-green and reddish skin, and having juicy flesh. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Comice
1. a type of pear [n -S] - See also: pear
Lexicographical Neighbors of Comice
Literary usage of Comice
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Horticulturist, and Journal of Rural Art and Rural Taste by Luther Tucker (1864)
"The following is Mr. Downing's far as proved ; yet T should think they description :
would not hold their vigor as long as some FONDANTE DU comice. ..."
2. The miniature fruit garden; or, The culture of pyramidal and bush fruit by Thomas Rivers (1877)
"... de comice. Fig. 26. them to stout stakes, and summer pinching them as practised
for oblique cordons. Fig. 27 is a fan cordon, and the advantage of the ..."