beurré

noun

Any of various pears with soft, juicy flesh, that seems to melt in the mouth.

“Beurré d'Anjou; Beurré Clairgeau; Beurré Hardy; Beurré Rance”

OriginFrench beurré →
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Meanings

nounbeurré (plural beurrés)

plural beurrés

  1. Any of various pears with soft, juicy flesh, that seems to melt in the mouth.

    Beurré d'Anjou; Beurré Clairgeau; Beurré Hardy; Beurré Rance

    1 more example

    "There are a few brown beurrés against the south wall which are worth all foreign fruits and preserves. Run, Margaret, and gather us some."

    1854 September – 1855 January, [Elizabeth Gaskell], North and South. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1855, →OCLC

Origin

  1. Frenchbeurré
  2. Frenchbeurré
  3. Englishbeurré

Borrowed from French beurré.

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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

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