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Answer for the clue "Pear, for one ", 4 letters:
pome

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Word definitions for pome in dictionaries

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Pome \Pome\, v. i. [Cf. F. pommer. See Pome , n.] To grow to a head, or form a head in growing. [Obs.]

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
In botany, a pome (after the Latin word for fruit : pōmum ) is a type of fruit produced by flowering plants in the subtribe Malinae of the family Rosaceae .

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 A type of fruit in which the often edible flesh arises from the swollen base of the flower and not from the carpels. 2 A ball of silver or other metal, filled with hot water and used by a Roman Catholic priest in cold weather to warm his hands during ...

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
late 14c., of types of apples or apple-shaped objects, from Old French pome "apple" (12c., Modern French pomme ), from Late Latin or Vulgar Latin *poma "apple," originally Latin pomus "fruit," later "apple" (see Pomona ).

Usage examples of pome.

What I like about Kipling is that his pomes is right off th' bat, like me con-versations with you, me boy.