pearmain
UK/ˈpɛːmeɪn/
pearmain noun: a type of pear.
Noun
pearmain (plural pearmains)
- A type of pear.
- Any of various types of apple, having an elongated shape and often with streaky skin.
- Sweet fruits are best, as sweet cherries, plums, sweet apples, pearmains, and pippins, which Laurentius extols as having a peculiar property against this disease […]., II.ii.1.1
- If it were not so, why, for instance, has not the pearmain — a better apple than the Baldwin or any other Massachusetts winter apple now known to me — been propagated as extensively, and brought in plenty to our markets?1826 June 30, Thomas Greene Fessenden (editor), The New England Farmer, Volume 4 [July 1825—July 1826], page 385
Proper noun capitalized: Pearmain
Pearmain
- A surname.
pearmain meaning in Bengali
pearmain in Bengali
- এক ধরনের নাশপাতি, বিভিন্ন ধরনের আপেল
Forms of pearmain
| plural | pearmains |
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Origin of pearmain
From Anglo-Norman parmain, peremain et al., Middle French parmain, permain (“type of pear or apple”), of uncertain origin.
Questions about pearmain
- What does pearmain mean?
- Pearmain means a type of pear.
- What is pearmain in Bengali?
- Pearmain in Bengali is এক ধরনের নাশপাতি, বিভিন্ন ধরনের আপেল. See Pearmain meaning in Bengali.
- What part of speech is pearmain?
- Pearmain can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce pearmain?
- Pearmain is pronounced /ˈpɛːmeɪn/ (UK).
- What is the plural of pearmain?
- The plural of pearmain is pearmains.
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