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pyrus
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun pyrus has 1 sense
- pyrus(n = noun.plant) genus pyrus - fruit trees native to the Old World: pears; Array is a kind of rosid dicot genus
is a member of family rosaceae, rosaceae, rose family
CIDE DICTIONARY
pyrus, n. [L. pyrus, or better pirus, pear tree.].
A genus of rosaceous trees and shrubs having pomes for fruit. It includes the apple, crab apple, pear, chokeberry, sorb, and mountain ash. [1913 Webster]
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