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PEAR [3 records]

Record 1 2016-05-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Botany
  • Culture of Fruit Trees
Universal entry(ies)
DEF

A tree (Pyrus communis) of the rose family, with glossy leaves and greenish, brown, or reddish fruit.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Botanique
  • Arboriculture fruitière
Entrée(s) universelle(s)

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Botánica
  • Fruticultura
Entrada(s) universal(es)
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Record 2 2005-01-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Botany
  • Culture of Fruit Trees
CONT

Pears [are] a distinctive bell shape fruit. Some pears have knobby lobes at the base of the fruit while others are smooth at the base. The skin of the fruit ranges in color from green, yellow, red, brown, pink, or a combination of these colors. Pear flesh is white and juicy and grainy in texture.

OBS

Common name of the dried fruit most commonly traded as dried fruit.

OBS

pear: term standardized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Botanique
  • Arboriculture fruitière
DEF

Fruit du poirier, charnu, à pepins, de forme oblongue.

OBS

Nom commun du fruit déshydraté le plus courant dans le commerce.

OBS

poire : terme normalisé par l'ISO.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Botánica
  • Fruticultura
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Record 3 2004-05-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Gemmology
  • Diamond Industry
DEF

A variation of the brilliant cut with a pear-shaped girdle outline and 56 to 58 facets.

OBS

... half is shape of a marquise and half is shape of a round brilliant resulting in a rounded head with an opposing point; has a pointed culet.

OBS

pendeloque: A modified pear-shape brilliant cut in which the narrow end is longer and more pointed.

Key term(s)
  • pear shape brilliant cut
  • pear shaped cut

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gemmologie
  • Industrie diamantaire
DEF

Taille brillant qui rappelle la forme d'une poire et qui comporte entre 56 et 58 facettes.

CONT

La colette de la poire ne forme pas une pointe mais une arête rectiligne.

Spanish

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