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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PEARMAIN

n.A variety of the apple.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PEARMAIN

PEARMAIN Pear "main, n. (Bot. )

 

Defn: The name of several kinds of apples; as, the blue pearmain, winter pearmain, and red pearmain.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

Pearmain

Pear main |ˈpe (ə )rˌmān ˈpɛrmeɪn | ▶noun a pear-shaped apple of a variety with firm white flesh. ORIGIN Middle English (denoting an old variety of baking pear ): from Old French parmain, probably based on Latin parmensis ‘of Parma. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

Pearmain

Pearmain |ˈpɛːmeɪn, ˈpəːmeɪn, pəˈmeɪn | ▶noun a pear-shaped dessert apple of a variety with firm white flesh. ORIGIN Middle English (denoting an old variety of baking pear ): from Old French parmain, probably based on Latin parmensis ‘of Parma ’.