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pyrus |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Pyrus \Py"rus\, n. [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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: Pyrus n : fruit trees native to the Old World: pears [syn: {Pyrus}, {genus Pyrus}]
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