Bosc — may refer to a type of pear, the Bosc pear.Bosc may also be used as a surname: * Thomas Bosc, a rugby league player. * Louis Augustin Guillaume Bosc, a French botanist … Wikipedia
Bosc — [bäsk] n. [after L. Bosc d Antic (1759 1828), Fr naturalist] a sweet, russet winter pear: also Bosc pear … English World dictionary
Pear — Pyrus redirects here. For other uses, see Pyrus (disambiguation). For other uses, see Pear (disambiguation). Pears European Pear branch with fruit Scientific classification … Wikipedia
bosc — noun greenish yellow pear • Hypernyms: ↑pear * * * /bosk/, n. a large, greenish yellow variety of pear. * * * [bäsk] (also Bosc pear) n. a medium to large sized variety of pear, golden brown in color and often russeted. The Bosc s dense flesh… … Useful english dictionary
bosc — osc n. A greenish yellow variety of pear. [WordNet 1.5] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
pear — pearlike, adj. /pair/, n. 1. the edible fruit, typically rounded but elongated and growing smaller toward the stem, of a tree, Pyrus communis, of the rose family. 2. the tree itself. [bef. 1000; ME pe(e)re, OE peru < LL pira, fem. sing. use of pl … Universalium
Bosc — noun Etymology: short for Beurré Bosc, from French, from beurré, any of various soft fleshed pear varieties + bosc, perhaps from L. A. G. Bosc d Antic died 1828 French naturalist Date: 1850 a pear with firm flesh and brown or dark yellow skin … New Collegiate Dictionary
Bosc — noun a) A particular cultivar of pear. b) A pear of this type … Wiktionary
Bosc — /bosk/, n. a large, greenish yellow variety of pear. * * * … Universalium
pear — (Roget s IV) n. Varieties of pears include: Bartlett, Max Red, Bartlett, Winter Bartlett, Gorham, Royal Riviera, Clapp s Favorite, Keiffer s Hybrid, Parrish Favorite, Seckel, Winter Nellis, D Anjou, Anjou, Bosc, Comice, Forelle; see also fruit 1 … English dictionary for students
