Asian pear
- an Asian tree also cultivated in Australia and New Zealand, Pyrus pyrifolia, of the rose family, having apple-shaped, pear-colored, juicy fruit.
- the fruit of this plant.
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Contemporary Examples
Then in 2007 he had joined the pro-Kremlin, pro “Eurasian” youth group, Nashi, to hone his militancy.
Yet, bad as that was, nobody in the Kremlin dared to criticize the Nashi.
“A majority of Russian society is in favor of punishing all guilty members of the band,” Nashi leader Nikita Borovikov insisted.
To young and talented Russians seeking political changes in the country, the new campaign by Nashi is a bad sign.
The luckiest and most devoted of Nashi commissars have enjoyed the benefits of municipal and even national parliament seats.
Historical Examples
My dolzhny zaruchit'sja dlja sebja vsemi orudijami, kotorymi nashi protivniki mogli by vospol'zovat'sja protiv nas.
The History of a LieHerman Bernstein
Sanzugawa: Yama mo nakereba, hashi mo nashi; shinde no tabiji hana wa nao nashi.
The Yotsuya Kwaidan or O'Iwa InariJames S. De Benneville
nashi
- another name for Asian pear
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Word Origin
Japanese: pear
Asian pear
- a tropical pear tree, esp any of several varieties of Japanese pear Pyrus serotina
- Also called: nashi the fruit of the Japanese pear, which resembles a large yellow apple, has crisp juicy flesh, and is cultivated in Japan, Korea, the US, and New Zealand
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