the apple pear or Chinese pear, Pyrus pyrifolia / the Chinese white pear, Pyrus × bretschneideri

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

(dialectal, now chiefly Caribbean and Southern US, especially Louisiana) An avocado.

Synonym of choke pear

A West Indian fruit like the mango in taste, sometimes pickled. / The tree Grias cauliflora bearing this fruit.

plural of anchovy pear

A stalked sea squirt, of the genus Boltenia.

plural of sea pear

Synonym of bitter melon

plural of balsam pear