ground pear in English

Forms: ground pears [plural], groundpear [alternative, rare] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Etymology: From ground + pear, calque of German Grundbirne. Etymology templates: {{com|en|ground|pear}} ground + pear, {{calque|en|de|Grundbirne|nocap=1}} calque of German Grundbirne Head templates: {{en-noun}} ground pear (plural ground pears)

Inflected forms

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"ground pear" meaning in English

Noun

Inflected forms