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Definition of Pyrus communis
1. Noun. Old World tree having sweet gritty-textured juicy fruit; widely cultivated in many varieties.
Exact synonyms: Pear, Pear Tree
Terms within: Pear
Group relationships: Genus Pyrus, Pyrus
Generic synonyms: Fruit Tree
Terms within: Pear
Group relationships: Genus Pyrus, Pyrus
Generic synonyms: Fruit Tree
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pyrus Communis
Literary usage of Pyrus communis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Microscopy of Vegetable Foods: With Special Reference to the Detection by Andrew Lincoln Winton, Josef Moeller (1906)
"... give place almost entirely to cork tissues. In the calyx depression arc thick-
FIG. 252. Pear (pyrus communis). walled, pointed hairs 200-250 ft long. ..."
2. Our woodland trees by Francis George Heath (1878)
"pyrus communis. PLATS 4, Fio. 5. MONGST cultivated fruits there are few which
are more pleasant to the taste than Pears. But the quality of edibility cannot ..."
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