pyrus
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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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Pyrus
IN BRIEF: n. - Fruit trees native to the Old World: pears.
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