PYRUS
Dictionary entry overview: What does Pyrus mean? • PYRUS (noun)
The noun PYRUS has 1 sense:
1. fruit trees native to the Old World: pears
Familiarity information: PYRUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• PYRUS (noun)
Meaning:
Fruit trees native to the Old World: pears
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
genus Pyrus; Pyrus
Hypernyms ("Pyrus" is a kind of...):
rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)
Meronyms (members of "Pyrus"):
pear; pear tree; Pyrus communis (Old World tree having sweet gritty-textured juicy fruit; widely cultivated in many varieties)
Holonyms ("Pyrus" is a member of...):
family Rosaceae; Rosaceae; rose family (a large family of dicotyledonous plants of order Rosales; have alternate leaves and five-petaled flowers with numerous stamens)
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