pyrus Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun fruit trees native to the Old World: pears
    genus Pyrus.

WordNet

Py"rus noun
Etymology
L. pyrus, or better pirus, pear tree.
Definitions
  1. (Bot.) A genus of rosaceous trees and shrubs having pomes for fruit. It includes the apple, crab apple, pear, chokeberry, sorb, and mountain ash.

Webster 1913