[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]