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English noun: pear

1. pear (food) sweet juicy gritty-textured fruit available in many varieties


Broader (hypernym)edible fruit, false fruit, pome


Narrower (hyponym)anjou, bartlett, bartlett pear, bosc, seckel, seckel pear


Part meronympear, pear tree, Pyrus communis

2. pear (plant) Old World tree having sweet gritty-textured juicy fruit; widely cultivated in many varieties


Synonymspear tree, Pyrus communis


Broader (hypernym)fruit tree


Part holonympear


Member meronymgenus Pyrus, Pyrus









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