pear tree
nounUK /ˌpɛə ˈtɹiː/ · US /ˌpɛɚ ˈtɹi/
Etymology From Middle English peretre, pertre, pere tre; equivalent to pear + tree.
1
A tree of the genus Pyrus, which bears the pears as fruits.
- On the first day of Christmas, my true love sent to me A partridge in a pear tree1780, unknown author, Twelve Days of Christmas:
- Derived terms
- and a partridge in a pear tree
- Hypernyms
- tree