Pear-shaped

  • 51pear hawthorn — noun erect and almost thornless American hawthorn with somewhat pear shaped berries • Syn: ↑blackthorn, ↑pear haw, ↑Crataegus calpodendron, ↑Crataegus tomentosa • Hypernyms: ↑hawthorn, ↑haw • …

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  • 52pear drop — /ˈpɛə drɒp/ (say pair drop) noun 1. a pear shaped pendant. 2. a fruit flavoured sweet in the shape of a pear …

  • 53pear haw — a shrub or small tree, Crataegus uniflora, of the eastern and southern coastal areas of the U.S., having pear shaped, orange red fruit. Also called blackthorn. * * * …

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  • 54pear drop — noun a pear shaped boiled sweet with a pungently sweet flavour …

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  • 55pear shader — /ˈpɛə ʃeɪdə/ (say pair shayduh) noun a tool for making pear shaped bruises on leather …

  • 56pear tomato — noun : a tomato with pear shaped fruit that is usually considered to constitute a distinct variety (Lycopersicon esculentum pyriforme) …

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  • 57go pear-shaped — verb To go wrong; to go awry …

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  • 58pear — pearlike, adj. /pair/, n. 1. the edible fruit, typically rounded but elongated and growing smaller toward the stem, of a tree, Pyrus communis, of the rose family. 2. the tree itself. [bef. 1000; ME pe(e)re, OE peru < LL pira, fem. sing. use of pl …

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  • 59Choke pear (torture) — The Pear of Anguish. Torture museum in Lubuska Land Museum in Zielona Góra, Poland. The choke pear (or pear of anguish) is the modern name for a type of instrument displayed in some museums, consisting of a metal body (usually pear shaped)&#8230; …

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  • 60native pear — noun tree bearing pear shaped fruit with a thick woody epicarp • Syn: ↑woody pear, ↑Xylomelum pyriforme • Hypernyms: ↑shrub, ↑bush • Member Holonyms: ↑Xylomelum, ↑genus Xylomelum …

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