pear vs tangerine

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. 

tangerine

noun
  • A tree that produces tangerines. 

  • tangerine 

  • A deep yellowish-orange colour, like that of a tangerine fruit. 

  • Any of several varieties of mandarin oranges. 

adj
  • Of a deep yellowish-orange colour. 

How often have the words pear and tangerine occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )