Definitions for: Pyrus

[n] fruit trees native to the Old World: pears

Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

Synonyms: genus Pyrus

See Also: family Rosaceae, pear, pear tree, Pyrus communis, Rosaceae, rose family, rosid dicot genus