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

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pyrus Communis

Pyrrhonian
Pyrrhonism
Pyrrhonisms
Pyrrhonist
Pyrrhonists
Pyrrhula
Pyrrhula pyrrhula
Pyrrhuloxia sinuata
Pyrrhus
Pyrrophyta
Pyrrosia
Pyrrosia lingua
Pyrularia
Pyrularia pubera
Pyrus
Pyrus communis
Pyrénées-Atlantiques
Pythagoras
Pythagorean
Pythagorean theorem
Pythagorean triple
Pythagoreanism
Pythagoreans
Pythagorism
Pythagorize
Pythagorized
Pythagorizes
Pythagorizing
Pythia
Pythiaceae

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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