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Co⋅mice

[kuh-mees]
–noun
a large, juicy variety of pear.
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Co·mice   (kō-mēs', kə-)   
n.  A cultivated variety of pear having greenish-yellow skin blushed with russet-red and yellowish, juicy, fine-textured flesh.

[From French (Doyenne du) Comice, (Dean of the) Show, from comice (agricole), (agricultural) show, from Old French, convention, from Latin comitia; see comitia.]
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