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  • noun (Bot.) A valuable kind of pear, of an obovate shape and with melting flesh of delicious flavor; -- more properly called White Doyenné.

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  • noun A valuable kind of pear, of an obovate shape and with melting flesh of delicious flavor; also called White Doyenne.

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  • oo, "a valuable kind of pear, of an obovate shape and with melting flesh of delicious flavor."

    July 29, 2008