sand pear

American  

noun

1. Asian pear.

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Etymology

Origin of sand pear

First recorded in 1875–80

Example Sentences

Often referred to as an “apple pear” or “sand pear,” they are perhaps best envisioned as halfway between apples and more common European pears.

From Los Angeles Times

What’s in season: Sometimes referred to as an “apple pear” or “sand pear,” Asian pears come in more than 100 varieties.

From Los Angeles Times

For twenty-eight years he has been working on the Chinese sand pear and has brought out a race that is blight-proof, perfectly hardy and of good size and quality.

From Project Gutenberg

A careful study of our eastern Arctic pears has been made recently by Mr. Alfred Rehder, botanist at Arnold Arboretum, and this form of sand pear is now called Pyrus Ovoidea instead of Pyrus Sinensis, or Pyrus Simoni.

From Project Gutenberg

The pears of northern China and eastern Siberia are usually called the Chinese sand pear and have been given various names, Pyrus Sinensis, Pyrus Ussuriensis, Pyrus Simoni.

From Project Gutenberg