The fruit of a hybrid northeast-Asian pear species, Pyrus × bretschneideri, with the crisp, juicy texture of an apple pear, but with shape and flavor more like those of the European pear.

plural of Chinese white pear

(Britain, New Zealand, Australia, idiomatic) To go wrong; to go awry.

Alternative form of prickly pear, various plants of the genus Opuntia.