Definition of Grias

1. Noun. Anchovy pear tree.

Exact synonyms: Genus Grias
Generic synonyms: Dicot Genus, Magnoliopsid Genus
Group relationships: Family Lecythidaceae, Lecythidaceae
Member holonyms: Anchovy Pear, Anchovy Pear Tree, Grias Cauliflora

Lexicographical Neighbors of Grias

Gretchen
Gretel
Gretzky
Grevena
Greville bath
Grevillea banksii
Grevillea robusta
Grevillea striata
Grevillela parallela
Grewia
Grewia asiatica
Grey
Grey-winged Trumpeter
Grey Turner's sign
Grez
Grias (current term)
Grias cauliflora
Gricean
Gridley's stain
Grieg
Griesinger's disease
Griesinger's sign
Griesinger's symptom
Griffin
Griffith
Griffiths
Grifola frondosa
Grignard
Grignard reaction
Grignard reactions

Literary usage of Grias

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Botanical Materia Medica by Jonathan Stokes (1812)
"Drupe. Nut with 8 furrows. L. probably from Browne. ; '. . 1, Grias ... Nut oblong. Calophyllum. Browne 245. Grias cauliflora. ..."

2. Hortus Kewensis; Or, A Catalogue of the Plants Cultivated in the Royal by William Aiton (1811)
"S. Tj . Grias. Gen. pi. 892. Cor. 4-petala. Cal. 4-fidus. ... Grias. Willden. sp.pi. 2. p. \\59. Anchovy Pear-tree. Nat. of Jamaica. Cult. ..."

3. Current Issues in Non-timber Forest Products Research: Proceedings of the by Manuel Ruiz Pérez, J. E. M. Arnold (1996)
"This process of gradual population disintegration is illustrated in Figure 3 using demographic data for Grias peruviana and the stepwise results from ..."

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