- woody pear
- nountree bearing pear-shaped fruit with a thick woody epicarp• Syn: ↑native pear, ↑Xylomelum pyriforme• Member Holonyms: ↑Xylomelum, ↑genus Xylomelum
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woody pear
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Woody pear — Woody Wood y, a. 1. Abounding with wood or woods; as, woody land. The woody wilderness. Bryant. [1913 Webster] Secret shades Of woody Ida s inmost grove. Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. Consisting of, or containing, wood or woody fiber; ligneous; as,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
woody pear — /wʊdi ˈpɛə / (say woodee pair) noun 1. a shrub or small tree, Xylomelum pyriforme, family Probeaceae, found growing on sandy soils in eastern Australia. 2. the hard, beaked woody fruit of this plant. Also, wooden pear …
Woody — Wood y, a. 1. Abounding with wood or woods; as, woody land. The woody wilderness. Bryant. [1913 Webster] Secret shades Of woody Ida s inmost grove. Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. Consisting of, or containing, wood or woody fiber; ligneous; as, the… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Woody fiber — Woody Wood y, a. 1. Abounding with wood or woods; as, woody land. The woody wilderness. Bryant. [1913 Webster] Secret shades Of woody Ida s inmost grove. Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. Consisting of, or containing, wood or woody fiber; ligneous; as,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Woody nightshade — Woody Wood y, a. 1. Abounding with wood or woods; as, woody land. The woody wilderness. Bryant. [1913 Webster] Secret shades Of woody Ida s inmost grove. Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. Consisting of, or containing, wood or woody fiber; ligneous; as,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
pear — /pɛə / (say pair) noun 1. the edible fruit, typically rounded but elongated and growing smaller towards the stem, of a tree, Pyrus communis, familiar in cultivation. 2. the tree itself. 3. → prickly pear. 4. any of several native plants or trees… …
wooden pear — Woody Wood y, a. 1. Abounding with wood or woods; as, woody land. The woody wilderness. Bryant. [1913 Webster] Secret shades Of woody Ida s inmost grove. Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. Consisting of, or containing, wood or woody fiber; ligneous; as,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
native 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 … Useful english dictionary
wooden pear — /wʊdn ˈpɛə/ (say woodn pair) noun → woody pear …
Callery Pear — Pyrus calleryana[1] … Wikipedia
