Co·mice

(kō-mēs′, kə-)

A cultivated variety of pear having juicy, fine-textured flesh and greenish-yellow skin with a russet-red blush.

[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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