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[syn: anchovy pear, anchovy pear tree, Grias cauliflora]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Grias \Grias\ n.
The genus of trees including the anchovy pear tree Grias
cauliflora, whose fruit is somewhat like the mango.
Syn: genus Grias.
[WordNet 1.5 +PJC]
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):
Grias cauliflora
n 1: West Indian tree bearing edible fruit resembling mango
[syn: anchovy pear, anchovy pear tree, Grias
cauliflora]