pear

• 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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