Pear vs. Peach — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Pear and Peach
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Pear
Pears are fruits produced and consumed around the world, growing on a tree and harvested in late Summer into October. The pear tree and shrub are a species of genus Pyrus , in the family Rosaceae, bearing the pomaceous fruit of the same name.
Peach
The peach (Prunus persica) is a deciduous tree native to the region of Northwest China between the Tarim Basin and the north slopes of the Kunlun Mountains, where it was first domesticated and cultivated. It bears edible juicy fruits with various characteristics, most called peaches and others (the glossy-skinned varieties), nectarines.
Pear
A sweet yellowish- or brownish-green edible fruit that is typically narrow at the stalk and wider towards the base, with sweet, slightly gritty flesh.
Peach
A small Chinese tree (Prunus persica) in the rose family, widely cultivated throughout temperate regions, having pink flowers and edible fruit.
Pear
The Eurasian tree which bears the pear.
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Peach
The soft juicy fruit of this tree, having yellow or white flesh, downy reddish-yellow skin, and a deeply ridged stone containing a single seed.
Pear
Any of several trees of the genus Pyrus in the rose family, having glossy leaves and white flowers, especially P. communis, widely cultivated for its edible fruit.
Peach
A light moderate to strong yellowish pink to light orange.
Pear
The fruit of any of these trees, having gritty, juicy flesh and usually a shape that is spherical at the base and tapering toward the stalk.
Peach
(Informal) A particularly admirable or pleasing person or thing.
Pear
An edible fruit produced by the pear tree, similar to an apple but typically elongated towards the stem.
Peach
To inform on someone; turn informer
"Middle-level bureaucrats cravenly peach on their bosses [when] one of them does something the tiniest bit illegal" (National Observer).
Pear
A type of fruit tree (Pyrus communis).
Peach
To inform against
"He has peached me and all the others, to save his life" (Daniel Defoe).
Pear
The wood of the pear tree (pearwood, pear wood).
Peach
A tree (Prunus persica), native to China and now widely cultivated throughout temperate regions, having pink flowers and edible fruit.
Pear
Choke pear (a torture device).
Peach
The soft juicy stone fruit of the peach tree, having yellow flesh, downy, red-tinted yellow skin, and a deeply sculptured pit or stone containing a single seed.
Pear
(Jamaica) avocado, alligator pear
Peach
(color) A light moderate to strong yellowish pink to light orange color.
Pear
A desaturated chartreuse yellow colour, like that of a pear.
Peach
(informal) A particularly admirable or pleasing person or thing.
Pear
The fleshy pome, or fruit, of a rosaceous tree (Pyrus communis), cultivated in many varieties in temperate climates; also, the tree which bears this fruit. See Pear family, below.
Peach
(often in plural) buttock or bottom
Pear
Sweet juicy gritty-textured fruit available in many varieties
Peach
Of or pertaining to the color peach.
Pear
Old World tree having sweet gritty-textured juicy fruit; widely cultivated in many varieties
Peach
Particularly pleasing or agreeable.
Peach
To inform on someone; turn informer.
Peach
To inform against.
Peach
To accuse of crime; to inform against.
Peach
To turn informer; to betray one's accomplice.
If I be ta'en, I'll peach for this.
Peach
A well-known high-flavored juicy fruit, containing one or two seeds in a hard almond-like endocarp or stone. In the wild stock the fruit is hard and inedible.
Peach
The tree (Prunus Persica syn. Amygdalus Persica) which bears the peach fruit.
Peach
The pale red color of the peach blossom, or the light pinkish yellow of the peach fruit.
Peach
Cultivated in temperate regions
Peach
A very attractive or seductive looking woman
Peach
Downy juicy fruit with sweet yellowish or whitish flesh
Peach
A shade of pink tinged with yellow
Peach
Divulge confidential information or secrets;
Be careful--his secretary talks
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