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pear plums

pear plums is the plural of pear plum.

Meaning of pear plum

Noun

pear plum (plural pear plums)

  1. Any of several varieties of plum trees that produce pearshaped or oblong fruit, primarily cultivated for use as rootstock.
    • Plums are propagated chiefly by budding on stocks of the Mussel, Brussels, St Julien, and Pear plums.1880, The Encyclopaedia Britannica, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature · Volume 12, page 275
  2. The fruit borne by these trees.

Questions about pear plums

What is pear plums the plural of?
Pear plums is the plural of pear plum.

Words near pear plums in the dictionary

  1. pear drops
  2. pear gauge
  3. pear gauges
  4. pear of anguish
  5. pear plum
  6. pear plums
  7. pear psylla
  8. pear psyllas
  9. pear slug
  10. pear slugs
  11. pear thrips

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