dried fruit vs pear

dried fruit

noun
  • Small fruit that has been preserved by drying. 

  • A mixture of sultanas, raisins, citrus peel, and cherries, used as an ingredient in fruit cakes. 

pear

noun
  • A type of fruit tree (Pyrus communis). 

  • A desaturated chartreuse yellow colour, like that of a pear. 

  • The wood of the pear tree (pearwood, pear wood). 

  • avocado, alligator pear 

  • Choke pear (a torture device). 

  • An edible fruit produced by the pear tree, similar to an apple but typically elongated towards the stem. 

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