apple pear

English

Apple pear, species Pyrus pyrifolia.

Wikipedia

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Noun

apple pear (plural apple pears)

1. A fruit of a northeast-Asian species of pear with a crisp, juicy texture and an apple-like shape.
2. Pyrus pyrifolia, the tree that bears this fruit.

Synonyms

• Asian pear, Chinese pear, Korean pear, Japanese pear, Taiwan pear, sand pear

Translations

fruit

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 沙梨 (cmn) (shālí)

• Japanese: ナシ (ja) (nashi)

• Korean: 배나무 (ko) (baenamu)
• Thai: สาลี่ (th) (sali)