Pyrus nivalis, a hardy pear tree of south-east Europe and western Asia. / The fruit of Pyrus nivalis, a roundish, somewhat sour pear.

choke pear

A metal torture device to be inserted into the body, consisting of a usually pear-shaped piece divided into spoon-like segments that can be spread apart by turning a screw.

The avocado. / A juicy, delicate-textured French variety of pear.

the apple pear or Chinese pear, Pyrus pyrifolia / the Chinese white pear, Pyrus × bretschneideri

A fruit of a northeast-Asian species of pear with a crisp, juicy texture and an apple-like shape. / Pyrus pyrifolia, the tree that bears this fruit.

A West Indian fruit like the mango in taste, sometimes pickled. / The tree Grias cauliflora bearing this fruit.

(dialectal, now chiefly Caribbean and Southern US, especially Louisiana) An avocado.

A stalked sea squirt, of the genus Boltenia.

Synonym of choke pear