DCHP-3

Indian pear

Esp. Eastern Canada
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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1

the fruit of any of these plants.

See: pear(def. 1),serviceberry(def. 2)

Quotations

1818
A fruit in this Island, called the Indian Pear, is very delicious.
1872
The sasketoon are simply what are known in Nova Scotia as "Indian pears". . . .
1921
The forests of Quebec are rich in wild berries; cranberries, Indian pears. . . .
2

any of several bushes or shrubby trees of the genus Amelanchier.

See: serviceberry(def. 1)

Quotations

1822
On the skirts of the forest, and of the marshes, are found . . . Indian pear or shadbush. . . .
1956
Then came the long reach of scrub woods, wire birch and poplar mostly, with blossoming clumps of Indian pear, like patches of snow on the slopes. . . .