'Pyrus' definitions:
Definition of 'Pyrus'
(from WordNet)
noun
Fruit trees native to the Old World: pears [syn: Pyrus, genus Pyrus]
Definition of 'Pyrus'
From: GCIDE
- Pyrus \Py"rus\, n. [L. pyrus, or better pirus, pear tree.] (Bot.) A genus of rosaceous trees and shrubs having pomes for fruit. It includes the apple, crab apple, pear, chokeberry, sorb, and mountain ash. [1913 Webster]