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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PYRUS

Py "rus, n. Etym: [L. pyrus, or better pirus, pear tree. ] (Bot. )

 

Defn: A genus of rosaceous trees and shrubs having pomes for fruit. It includes the apple, crab apple, pear, chokeberry, sorb, and mountain ash.