apple pear

English

Apple pear, species Pyrus pyrifolia.

Wikispecies

Noun

apple pear (plural apple pears)

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

Synonyms

• Asian pear, Chinese pear, Korean pear, Japanese pear, Taiwan pear, sand pear, nashi pear, papple

Translations

fruit

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 沙梨 (zh) (shālí), 砂梨 (shālí), 水梨 (shuǐlí), 蘋果梨／苹果梨 (píngguǒlí), 黃金梨／黄金梨 (huángjīnlí), 亞洲梨／亚洲梨 (Yàzhōulí), 日本梨

• Finnish: omenapäärynä
• French: poire asiatique f, poire japonaise f
• Irish: piorra Seapánach m
• Japanese: ナシ (ja) (nashi)
• Korean: 배나무 (baenamu)
• Polish: grusza chińska f
• Portuguese: pera-maçã f
• Spanish: pera asiática f
• Thai: สาลี่ (th) (sali)
• Uyghur: قۇم ئامۇت (qum amut)