pear Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun sweet juicy gritty-textured fruit available in many varieties
  2. noun Old World tree having sweet gritty-textured juicy fruit; widely cultivated in many varieties
    pear tree; Pyrus communis.

WordNet

Pear noun
Etymology
OE. pere, AS. peru, L. pirum: cf. F. poire. Cf. Perry.
Definitions
  1. (Bot.) The fleshy pome, or fruit, of a rosaceous tree (Pyrus communis), cultivated in many varieties in temperate climates; also, the tree which bears this fruit. See Pear family, below.

Webster 1913