woody pear
- noun
- Australian
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peral leñoso
- Gardeners often plant woody pear trees for their attractive foliage and unique fruit.
Examples
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The fruit of the woody pear is hard and valued for its unusual appearance.
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The woody pear tree grows well in dry climates.
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The woody pear thrives in nutrient-poor soils in parts of Australia.
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Have you ever tasted a woody pear?
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The woody pear produces fruit that is often used in traditional Australian dishes.
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Many farmers cultivate the woody pear for its thick, woody fruit and drought resistance.
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In Australia, the woody pear tree is recognized for its unique pear-shaped fruit.
Synonyms
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A tree that has pear-shaped fruit with thick hard skin
A tree from Australia with hard pear-shaped fruit and a thick woody shell
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Morphology
The meaning is directly and transparently derived from combining 'woody' (having wood-like qualities) with 'pear' (the fruit/tree); a B1 learner who knows both words can infer it denotes a pear/tree with a thick woody outer layer. This adjectival + noun compounding is a standard, cross-linguistically common pattern, so the sense is immediately comprehensible from its parts.
Etymology
Woody pear may come from the fruit's look: the tree makes pear-shaped fruit with a thick, hard, wood-like skin. Because the fruit looks like a pear but feels like wood, people used the simple name woody pear, so the name now means the tree that makes those hard, pear-shaped fruits.