Synonyms

1. pear tree
2. pyrus communis

Similar Meaning

1. pear tree
2. pyrus communis
3. jargonelle
4. bosc
5. lei
6. fruit
7. perry
8. sucker
9. worm
10. silk

Rhymes

1. bear
2. care
3. air
4. flare
5. tear
6. fair
7. chair
8. wear
9. square
10. fare

Words Described by "Pear"

1. tree
2. trees
3. shape
4. cactus
5. blight
6. juice
7. wood
8. psylla
9. blossoms
10. scab

Commonly Paired Adjectives

1. prickly
2. ripe
3. large
4. wild
5. little
6. small
7. fine
8. inverted
9. juicy
10. japanese

Categorically Similar

1. opuntia
2. prickly
3. cactus
4. pears
5. apricot
6. quince
7. cider
8. cacti
9. plum
10. persimmon

Hypernyms (Type of)

1. edible fruit
2. fruit tree

What Google Knows

Pears are fruits produced and consumed around the world, growing on a tree and harvested in late summer into mid-autumn. The pear tree and shrub are a species of genus Pyrus, in the family Rosaceae, bearing the pomaceous fruit of the same name.

Related Definition

1. pear:

   n An edible fruit produced by the pear tree, similar to an apple but typically elongated towards the stem.

   n A type of fruit tree (Pyrus communis).

   n The wood of the pear tree (pearwood, pear wood).

   n Choke pear (a torture device).

   n (Jamaica) avocado, alligator pear

   n A desaturated chartreuse yellow colour, like that of a pear.