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Definition of Pear-shaped
1. Adjective. Having a round shape tapered at one end.
2. Adjective. (of sounds) full and rich. "Pear-shaped vowels"
Definition of Pear-shaped
1. Adjective. Having a shape or cross-section like the cross-section of a pear. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pear-shaped
Literary usage of Pear-shaped
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 (1868)
"pear-shaped Quince. cooking very tender. It is easily distinguished when in foliage
... The pear-shaped, fig. 100, is perhaps more commonly found in small ..."
2. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Wilhelm Miller (1900)
"... fls. with red disk : fr. about K in. across, usually pear-shaped. April, May.
Quebec to Pa., west to Nebraska ..."
3. Report of the Annual Meeting (1901)
"The figure which coalesces with the Jacobian at this point is the pear-shaped
figure sketched by Poincare'. No attempt is made in this paper to indicate the ..."
4. The New England Farmer by Samuel W. Cole (1852)
"pear-shaped QUINCE. We give a beautiful illustration of this variety of the ...
Mr. Downing says "the pear-shaped quince is larger and of finer texture than ..."
5. English Botany; Or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, with Their Essential by James Edward Smith, James Sowerby (1807)
"In ripening the capsule becomes pear-shaped, or thicker towards the top, and the
veil splits and falls off. The cover is conical.- The orifice destitute of ..."
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