pear tree

collocation in English

meaningsofpearandtree

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pear
noun[C or U]
uk
/peər/us
/per/
a sweet fruit, usually with a green skin and a lot of juice, that has a round base and is slightly pointed towards ...
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tree
noun[C]
uk
/triː/us
/triː/
a tall plant that has a wooden trunk and branches that grow from its ...
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(Definition ofpearandtreefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofpear tree

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It lodged now in the fork of apeartree, for they had reached the orchard.
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Only the partridge and thepeartreeseem to be missing.
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This drum is constructed from a hollowed out palm, bamboo, orpeartreetrunk.
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Hilde sees the lifeless and leaflesspeartreein the village.
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It's made from plum tree, cherry,peartree, maple, ash, beech, oak, or corneal tree.
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For example, the bamboo, the peach tree, and thepeartreesymbolized longevity.
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It is most frequently made of ash-wood, plum tree,peartree, cornel or boxwood.
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Apeartreegrew from one of these.
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But thepeartreewas as lovely as ever and as full of flower and as still.
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Thepeartreecould also symbolize a long friendship or romance, since the tree lived a long time.
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A wide variety of cooking and eating apples were joined bypeartreevarieties, cherries and plums.
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Local folklore refers to a largepeartreelocated on a nearby hill that was supposed to have had mysterious powers.
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Usually made ofpeartreeor boxwood, with an arch of 15 to 30, it is an example of a backstaff.
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Military pensioners were each granted a 5acre m2 block of land complete with a well andpeartree.
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Traditionally young man of the family was sent dressed in his best clothes to cut down an oak, elm, orpeartree.
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Apeartreeavenue that has been protected as a monument of local significance leads to it from the main road.
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This is achieved by attaching the bottle to a buddingpeartreeso that the pear will grow inside it.
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