pyrus

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pyrus - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Pyrus \Py"rus\, n. [L. pyrus, or better pirus, pear tree.]
     (Bot.)
     A genus of rosaceous trees and shrubs having pomes for fruit.
     It includes the apple, crab apple, pear, chokeberry, sorb,
     and mountain ash.
     [1913 Webster]

pyrus - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Pyrus
      n 1: fruit trees native to the Old World: pears [syn: Pyrus,
           genus Pyrus]