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Definition of Anchovy pear
1. Noun. West Indian tree bearing edible fruit resembling mango.
Terms within: River Pear
Group relationships: Genus Grias, Grias
Generic synonyms: Fruit Tree
2. Noun. West Indian fruit resembling the mango; often pickled.
Generic synonyms: Edible Fruit
Group relationships: Anchovy Pear Tree, Grias Cauliflora
Definition of Anchovy pear
1. Noun. A West Indian fruit like the mango in taste, sometimes pickled. ¹
2. Noun. The tree ''(Grias cauliflora)'' bearing this fruit. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Anchovy pear
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Anchovy Pear
Literary usage of Anchovy pear
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A History of the Vegetable Kingdom: Embracing the Physiology of Plants, with by William Rhind (1857)
"THE anchovy pear (crias cauliflora). The anchovy pear is a fruit also much esteemed
in the West Indies, of which islands it is a native. ..."
2. The Magazine of Horticulture, Botany, and All Useful Discoveries and by C M Hovey (1867)
"anchovy pear. (Myrta- ceae.) West Indies. ... producing the West India fruit
known as the anchovy pear. It grows from ten to twenty feet high, ..."
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