Meaning of PYRUS
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| | Definition: | | [n] fruit trees native to the Old World: pears |
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| | Synonyms: | | genus Pyrus |
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| | See Also: | | family Rosaceae, pear, pear tree, Pyrus communis, Rosaceae, rose family, rosid dicot genus | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Py"rus\, n. [L. pyrus, or better pirus, pear tree.]
(Bot.)
A genus of rosaceous trees and shrubs having pomes for fruit.
It includes the apple, crab apple, pear, chokeberry, sorb,
and mountain ash.
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