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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. West Indian tree bearing edible fruit resembling mango;
[syn: anchovy pear, anchovy pear tree, Grias cauliflora]

2. West Indian fruit resembling the mango; often pickled;
[syn: anchovy pear, river pear]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Anchovy pear \An*cho"vy pear`\ ([a^]n*ch[=o]"v[y^] p[^a]r`). (Bot.) A West Indian fruit like the mango in taste, sometimes pickled; also, the tree (Grias cauliflora) bearing this fruit. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

anchovy pear n 1: West Indian tree bearing edible fruit resembling mango [syn: anchovy pear, anchovy pear tree, Grias cauliflora] 2: West Indian fruit resembling the mango; often pickled [syn: anchovy pear, river pear]