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Related topics: Food, dish, Plants
pearpear /peə $ per/ ●●● S3 noun [countable] pears.jpg DFFHBPa sweet juicy fruit that has a round base and is thinner near the top, or the tree that produces this fruit
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pear• Now she could feel him, a bulge like a pear.• You may wish to leave the softer peel on a peach, but remove the tougher peel of a pear or apple.• Bartlett pears are susceptible to fire blight.• Add the tomatoes and their juice along with the drained pear halves.• Heading up an orange-dirt trail, she passes prickly pear cactus and yucca.• If the pears are quite firm simmer in a large saucepan for 20-30 minutes until tender.• I thought they was pears at first and I got excited, cos I like pears, but they wasn't.
Origin pear (1000-1100) Latin pirum
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