Definition of pyrus Pyrus
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What does pyrus mean?
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| pyrus - fruit trees native to the Old World: pears | ||
| genus Pyrus | ||
| rosid dicot genus a genus of dicotyledonous plants | ||
| family rosaceae, rosaceae, rose family a large family of dicotyledonous plants of order Rosales; have alternate leaves and five-petaled flowers with numerous stamens | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- pyrus (n.)
A genus of rosaceous trees and shrubs having pomes for fruit. It includes the apple, crab apple, pear, chokeberry, sorb, and mountain ash.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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pyrus
pī′rus, n. a genus of trees and shrubs of the natural order Rosaceæ, sub-order Pomeæ. [L. pyrus, for pirus, a pear-tree.]
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