noun
Bartlett
BAHT-luht
noun
1
A sweet, juicy variety of pear, green or yellow when ripe.
"She sliced a ripe Bartlett pear into the salad."
How to Use Bartlett
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA common type of pear, named after the American who helped spread it.
Common pairings
Bartlett pear
Word Forms
Bartletts plural
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Etymology
Named after Enoch Bartlett of Massachusetts, who popularized the variety in the early 1800s.