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Definition of Grias
1. Noun. Anchovy pear tree.
Generic synonyms: Dicot Genus, Magnoliopsid Genus
Group relationships: Family Lecythidaceae, Lecythidaceae
Member holonyms: Anchovy Pear, Anchovy Pear Tree, Grias Cauliflora
Lexicographical Neighbors of Grias
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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