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‖ pyrus Bot.|ˈpaɪərəs|
[med. and mod.L. erroneous spelling of L. pirus pear-tree. Adopted by Linnæus (Hortus Cliffortianus (1737) 189) as a generic name.]
A small tree of the genus so called, belonging to the family Rosaceæ and widely cultivated for the sake of its blossom or its fruit, the pear; also, a tree or shrub once included in this genus and now in a separate one, esp. the japonica (Chænomeles species) or the rowan (Sorbus species).
1849Thoreau Week Concord Riv. 92 The shad make their appearance early in May, at the same time with the blossoms of the pyrus, one of the most conspicuous early flowers. 1894Daily News 26 Mar. 4/7 Garden borders, bright with belts of daffodil, with sheets of crocus white and blue, with scarlet pyrus all ablaze against the whitewashed wall. 1897E. L. Voynich Gadfly (1904) 87/1 The blossoming pyrus japonica that hung over the garden wall looked dark in the fading light. 1904R. J. Farrer Garden Asia 42 The intense and glowing rubies of the creeping pyrus. 1914W. J. Bean Trees & Shrubs Hardy in Brit. Isles II. 269 All the Pyruses like a loamy soil. 1930F. K. Ward Plant Hunting on Edge of World vi. 120 As for the Pyrus, its numerous clusters of reddened berries presently turned snow white. |