woody pear
English
Noun
woody pear (plural woody pears)
- The inedible, woody, pear-shaped fruit of several Australian proteaceous trees of the genus Xylomelum.
- The tree bearing such fruit
Synonyms
- wooden pear
Derived terms
- northern woody pear
- sandplain woody pear
- western woody pear
References
- “woody”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
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