noun. Any of several trees of the genus Pyrus in the rose family, having glossy leaves and white flowers, especially P. communis, widely cultivated for its edible fruit.

noun. The fruit of any of these trees, having gritty, juicy flesh and usually a shape that is spherical at the base and tapering toward the stalk.

An obsolete form of peer.

noun. The fruit of the pear-tree.

noun. The tree Pyruts communis.

noun. A pear-shaped pearl, as for the pendant of an ear-ring. Evelyn, Mundus Muliebris

noun. 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.

noun. A very small beetle (Xyleborus pyri) whose larvæ bore in the twigs of pear trees and cause them to wither.

noun. a suborder of rosaceous plants (Pomeæ), 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.

noun. 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.

noun. any marine gastropod shell of the genus Pyrula, native of tropical seas; -- so called from the shape.

noun. the larva of a sawfly which is very injurious to the foliage of the pear tree.

noun. An edible fruit produced by the pear tree, similar to an apple but elongated towards the stem.

noun. A type of fruit tree (Pyrus communis).

noun. The wood of the pear tree.

noun. choke pear (a torture device)

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

noun. sweet juicy gritty-textured fruit available in many varieties

"The prickly pear is ideal food for the Collared Peccary due to its high water content."

bachelor's pear  black rot of pear  garlie pear  grape-pear  native pear  

fruit tree  

Adair  Aer  Altair  Astaire  Ayre  

apple  apricot  banana  cactus  carrot  

peared  pears