sand pear

sand pear
noun
2.
a. : a Chinese pear (Pyrus pyrifolia) with large white flowers and in some strains edible fruit that is cultivated as an ornamental, is sometimes used as a stock for grafting horticultural pears, and has been hybridized with the common pear especially to impart disease resistance
b. : any of various cultivated pears that contain numerous stone cells in the fruit and are usually hybrids between the common horticultural pears and the Chinese sand pear

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sand pear,
a variety of pear native to China, with rough, gritty fruit.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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