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nouncommon in dialogue

An autumn cultivar of the European pear Pyrus communis.

noun

  1. 1

    An autumn cultivar of the European pear Pyrus communis.

Etymology

After the National British Pear Conference in London in 1885, at which this cultivar won the first prize.

Forms

plural
Conferences
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