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Bart·lett
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lɪt
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noun
Horticulture
.
a large, yellow, juicy variety of pear.
Also called
Bartlett pear
.
Origin:
1825–35,
Americanism
;
so named by Enoch
Bartlett
of Dorchester, Mass.
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Bart·lett
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lɪt
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noun
1.
John,
1820–1905,
U.S. publisher: compiled
Familiar Quotations.
2.
John Russell,
1805–86,
U.S. editor and bibliographer of early Americana.
3.
Josiah,
1729–95,
U.S. physician and statesman.
4.
Paul Wayland,
1865–1925,
U.S. sculptor.
5.
Robert Abram,
1875–1946,
U.S. arctic explorer, born in Newfoundland.
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6.
Vernon,
1894–1983,
English writer.
7.
a town in SW Tennessee. 17,170.
8.
a town in NE Illinois. 13,254.
9.
a male given
name
, form of
Bartholomew.
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Bartlett
or
Bartlett pear
(ˈbɑːtlɪt)
—
n
the Williams pear, used esp in the US and generally of tinned pears
[named after Enoch
Bartlett
(1779--1860), of Dorchester, Mass., who marketed it in the US]
Bartlett pear
or
Bartlett pear
—
n
[named after Enoch
Bartlett
(1779--1860), of Dorchester, Mass., who marketed it in the US]
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