Pear

Ripe organic cultivar pears in the summer garden.

Pyrus communis

Pear (Wiktionary)

English

Etymology

From Middle English pere, from Old English pere, common North and West Germanic, from Vulgar Latin *pira, originally the plural of Latin pirum but reconstrued as a feminine singular. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Peere (pear), Dutch peer (pear), Danish pære (pear), French poire (pear), German Birne (pear)

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