Bartlett

[bahrt-lit]

Bart·lett

[bahrt-lit]
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

[bahrt-lit]
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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