pyriform
Americanadjective
adjective
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Etymology
Origin of pyriform
1695–1705; < New Latin pyriformis pear-shaped, equivalent to pyri- (for piri-; Latin pir ( um ) pear + -i- -i- ) + -formis -form
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Core medium, pyriform, regular, open, meeting the eye; Seeds numerous, plump, pointed, brown; Flesh white, fine-grained, tender, juicy; Flavor sub-acid; Quality very good; Use, table, market; Season, July, August, after Early Harvest.
From American Pomology Apples by Warder, J. A.
Where the egg is pyriform, the large end makes way for the smaller.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 1 "Edwardes" to "Ehrenbreitstein" by Various
Core wide, pyriform, slightly open, clasping; Seeds numerous, pointed, angular, dark; Flesh yellowish white, firm, breaking, granular; Flavor sub-acid; Quality good; Use, kitchen; Season, January.
From American Pomology Apples by Warder, J. A.
To the upper lateral part of the hemisphere Elliot Smith has given the name of neopallium, while the lower lateral part, imperfectly separated from it, is called the pyriform lobe.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" by Various
Seeds pyriform, with beak-like base.—Plants climbing by the coiling of naked-tipped tendrils.
From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa
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