pear tree
See also: peartree
English
Etymology
From Middle English peretre, pertre, pere tre; equivalent to pear + tree.
Noun
pear tree (plural pear trees)
- (botany) A tree of the genus Pyrus, which bears the pears as fruits.
- On the first day of Christmas, my true love sent to me
- A partridge in a pear tree - The Twelve Days of Christmas
Hypernyms
Translations
a tree of the genus Pyrus
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