a tropical pear tree, esp any of several varieties of Japanese pear Pyrus serotina
2. Also called: nashi
the fruit of the Japanese pear, which resembles a large yellow apple, has crisp juicy flesh, and is cultivated in Japan, Korea, the US, and New Zealand
Examples of 'nashi' in a sentence
nashi
There are thousands of varieties in several shapes and sizes - some, like the nashi, are not even 'pear-shaped'.