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Definition of Pear tree

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

Definition of Pear tree

1. Noun. A tree of the genus ''Pyrus'', which bears the pears as fruits. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pear Tree

Literary usage of Pear tree

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

1. Works by Manuel Márquez Sterling, William Makepeace Thackeray, Leslie Stephen, Louise Stanage (1898)
"ON A PEAR-TREE. GRACIOUS reader no doubt has re- marki d that these humble sermons have for subjects some little event which happens at the preacher's own ..."

2. Miscellanies by William Makepeace Thackeray (1877)
"ON A PEAR-TREE. A GRACIOUS reader no doubt has remarked that these humble sermons have for subjects some little event which happens at the preacher's own ..."

3. Modern American Poetry by Louis Untermeyer (1921)
"THE pear tree In this squalid, dirty dooryard, Where the chickens scratch and run, White, incredible, the pear tree Stands apart and takes the sun, ..."

4. Modern American Poetry by Louis Untermeyer (1921)
"THE pear tree In this squalid, dirty dooryard, Where the chickens scratch and run, White, incredible, the pear tree Stands apart and takes the sun, ..."

5. The Canadian Entomologist by Entomological Society of Canada (1951- ), Entomological Society of Ontario (1905)
"The thighs are abnormally developed, which enables it to jump a long way ; hence the name " Pear-tree Flea-louse." In form this insect is the counterpart of ..."

6. The Trees of America: Native and Foreign, Pictorially and Botanically by Daniel Jay Browne (1846)
"The Spiny-leaved Pear-tree. This variety may be known by its spiny, ovate, acuminate, ... Variegated-fruited Pear-tree, the skin of the fruit of which is ..."

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