pyriform
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The first has not been examined by the writer and is said to be smooth and short, pyriform, 10 centimeters in diameter.
From The Philippine Agricultural Review Vol. VIII, First Quarter, 1915 No. 1 by Various
Core medium, pyriform, regular, open, meeting the eye; Seeds numerous, plump, pointed, brown; Flesh white, fine-grained, tender, juicy; Flavor sub-acid; Quality very good; Use, table, market; Season, July, August, after Early Harvest.
From American Pomology Apples by Warder, J. A.
The stomach is always simple and pyriform; the caecum is either absent or short and simple; and the colon is not sacculated or much wider than the small intestine.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 4 "Carnegie Andrew" to "Casus Belli" by Various
Turbinate or top-shaped, and pyriform or pear-shaped, are especially applicable to pears, and seldom to apples.
From American Pomology Apples by Warder, J. A.
In typical specimens, unopened, the shape is almost pyriform; opened, we have a cylindric, oftenest lemon-yellow vase, mounted on a short striate stalk.
From The North American Slime-Moulds A Descriptive List of All Species of Myxomycetes Hitherto Reported from the Continent of North America, with Notes on Some Extra-Limital Species by MacBride, Thomas H. (Thomas Huston)
