As nouns the difference between pear and cucumber
is that pear is an edible fruit produced by the pear tree, similar to an apple but elongated towards the stem while cucumber is a vine in the gourd family, cucumis sativus .
pear
English
Noun
(
en noun)
An edible fruit produced by the pear tree, similar to an apple but elongated towards the stem.
(also'' pear tree ) A type of fruit tree (''Pyrus communis ).
The wood of the pear tree.
Choke pear (a torture device).
Derived terms
* alligator pear
* anchovy-pear
* apple-pear
* apples and pears
* Asian pear
* avocado pear
* balsam pear
* butter-pear
* cactus pear
* Callery pear
* Chinese pear, Chinese white pear
* choke-pear
* European pear
* garlic pear
* grape pear
* greening-pear
* hard pear
* Japanese pear
* Korean pear
* Le Conte pear
* Malvern pear
* Moorcroft pear
* Nashi pear
* pear-apple
* pear blight
* pear drop
* pear-encrinite
* pear-gauge
* pear-haw
* pear leaf blister mite
* pear leaf blister moth
* pear leaf-curling midge, pear leaf midge
* pear-louse
* pear midge
* pearmonger
* pear orchard
* pear oyster scale
* pear-plum
* pear psylla
* pear-quince
* pear-shaped
* pear-shell
* pear-slug
* pear-sucker
* pear-thorn
* pear thrips
* pear tree
* pear-wise
* pear-withe
* pear-wood
* peary
* perry
* prickly pear
* sand Pear
* snow pear
* sugar-pear
* snowy pear
* Stinking Bishop pear
* strawberry pear
* Taiwan pear
* vegetable pear
* vine-pear
* wax pear
* willowleaf pear, willow-leafed pear
* wooden pear
* Ya Pear
Anagrams
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cucumber
Noun
(
en noun)
A vine in the gourd family, Cucumis sativus .
The edible fruit of this plant, having a green rind and crisp white flesh.
Synonyms
* cuke (informal)
Derived terms
* Armenian cucumber ()
* cool as a cucumber
* exploding cucumber
* squirting cucumber
Related terms
* (l) (cucumber-shaped)
See also
* courgette
* gherkin
* marrow
* pickle
* squash
* zucchini
