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I believe that even a lion cannot break through an enclosure of prickly-pear, and I propose that as soon as Stanley comes back we all set to work to surround our camp with a thick line of it; and if we fasten a fringe of its sharp leaves to the top of our fence, we shall be able to bid defiance to either lion or leopard.— In the Wilds of Africa
The broad part of the pear is called the body of the uterus; the lower narrow part is called the neck of the uterus, or cervix_.— Woman Her Sex and Love Life
The timbers are as rotten as a pear, and the nails fall through them.— Jacob Faithful
Tufts (2)[3] reported that lightly pruned deciduous fruit trees, such as apple, pear, apricot, and peach, came into bearing one to three years earlier than similar trees that had been heavily pruned.— Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Forty-Second Annual Meeting Urbana, Illinois, August 28, 29 and 30, 1951
There were a great many apple, pear, and damson trees in the garden.— Recollections of Old Liverpool

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