| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| Bartlett |
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| SYLLABICATION: | Bart·lett |
| PRONUNCIATION: | bärt l t |
| NOUN: | A widely grown variety of pear with yellowish skin and soft, juicy white flesh, eaten fresh or often canned. | | ETYMOLOGY: | After Enoch Bartlett (17791860).
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