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pear tree

Today it means: A tree of the genus Pyrus, which bears the pears as fruits. Full definition →

Middle English peretre

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Middle English · inherited fromperetre
English todaypear tree

From Middle English peretre, pertre, pere tre; equivalent to pear + tree.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.