in Botany, a leaf of the shape of a spear.

HASTING pear, a name given by the gardeners to a species of pear, called also by some the green chiflet pear. This is a moderately large pear, and is longish towards the pedicle; its skin is thin, and of a whitish green; the pulp is melting, and of a fugary flavour. It ripens in July.