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pear
3 ENTRIES FOUND:
pear
(noun)
pear–shaped
(adjective)
prickly pear
(noun)
pear
/
ˈ
peɚ/
noun
plural
pears
pear
/
ˈ
peɚ/
noun
plural
pears
Britannica Dictionary definition of PEAR
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:
a sweet fruit that is narrow near the stem and rounded at the other end and that grows on a tree
also
:
the tree that this fruit grows on
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prickly pear
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