2 definitions found From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: Pyrus noun: fruit trees native to the Old World: pears [syn: {genus Pyrus}] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]: Pyrus \Py"rus\, noun [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.

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