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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024pear /pɛr/USA pronunciation n. - Plant Biologythe rounded fruit of a tree of the rose family: [countable]Pears were fifty cents each.[uncountable]a filling of pear and peach in the pie.
- Plant Biology[countable] the tree itself.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024pear (pâr),USA pronunciation n. - Plant Biologythe edible fruit, typically rounded but elongated and growing smaller toward the stem, of a tree, Pyrus communis, of the rose family.
- Plant Biologythe tree itself.
- Late Latin pira, feminine singular use of plural of Latin of pirum (neuter) pear
- Middle English pe(e)re, Old English peru bef. 1000
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: pear /pɛə/ n - a widely cultivated rosaceous tree, Pyrus communis, having white flowers and edible fruits
- the sweet gritty-textured juicy fruit of this tree, which has a globular base and tapers towards the apex
- the wood of this tree, used for making furniture
- go pear-shaped ⇒ informal to go wrong: the plan started to go pear-shaped
Etymology: Old English pere, ultimately from Latin pirum |