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Definition of Genus Pyrus

1. Noun. Fruit trees native to the Old World: pears.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Pyrus

Literary usage of Genus Pyrus

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Scientific Papers of Asa Gray by Asa Gray (1889)
"(produced in first-rate style by Firmin Didot Freres), devoted to the genus Pyrus, is now before us. It is a complete monograph of the species of this genus ..."

2. The Trees of America: Native and Foreign, Pictorially and Botanically by Daniel Jay Browne (1846)
"In consequence of attending only to these parts of plants, the genus Pyrus, as at present constituted, contains species, such as the apple and pear, ..."

3. Arboretum Et Fruticetum Britannicum: Or, The Trees and Shrubs of Britain by John Claudius Loudon (1854)
"In consequence of attending only to these parts of plants, the genus Pyrus, as at present constituted, contains species, such as the apple and pear, ..."

4. Henderson's Handbook of Plants and General Horticulture by Peter Henderson (1904)
"All the plants belonging to the genus Pyrus are quite hardy, and may all be raised from seeds, or grafted on the Wild Crab, or Wild Pear, or on the Hawthorn ..."

5. The Forester =: Or, A Practical Treatise on the Planting, Rearing, and by James Brown (1882)
"Character of the genus Pyrus.—Calyx 5-toothed. Petals roundish. ... The genus Pyrus comprehends the most popular of our British fruits—namely, ..."

6. Favourite Flowers of Garden and Greenhouse by Edward Step (1897)
"APPLE AND PEAR TREES Natural Order ROSACE.-E. genus Pyrus ... Like Prunus, the genus Pyrus has been cultivated for the sake of its fine fruits from very ..."

7. Horticulture for Schools by Arnold Valentine Stubenrauch, Milo Nelson Wood, Charles Junius Booth (1922)
"For example, in the Rose family it is possible to graft some kinds of pears (genus Pyrus) upon the quince (genus Cydonia), but it is not possible to grow ..."

8. The British Fruit-gardener: And Art of Pruning: Comprising, the Most by John Abercrombie (1781)
"... of the genus Pyrus, which comprehends alfo the Apple (Malus~), and the Quince (Cydonia), ... and being the original of the genus Pyrus ..."

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