Definition of Grias cauliflora

1. Noun. West Indian tree bearing edible fruit resembling mango.

Exact synonyms: Anchovy Pear, Anchovy Pear Tree
Terms within: Anchovy Pear, River Pear
Group relationships: Genus Grias, Grias
Generic synonyms: Fruit Tree

Lexicographical Neighbors of Grias Cauliflora

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
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
Grignard reagent

Literary usage of Grias cauliflora

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

1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"In general, anchovies are five to seven inches long, shaped like herrings, and have a pointed head and projecting upper jaw. ANCHOVY-PEAR (grias cauliflora) ..."

2. Report of the Secretary of Agriculture by United States Dept. of Agriculture (1890)
"grias cauliflora.—The anchovy pear of Jamaica. Tho fruit is pickled and eaten like the mango, having a similar taste. ..."

3. The Plant World by Plant World Association, Wild Flower Preservation Society (U.S.) (1906)
"... inducing the cohabitation of ants ; the " sand-box tree " (Hura crc pi,tans), with a very spiny trunk; and the "anchovy- pear" (grias cauliflora), ..."

4. The Plant World by Plant World Association, Wild Flower Preservation Society (U.S.), Wild Flower Preservation Society of America (1906)
"... a very spiny trunk; and the "anchovy- pear" (grias cauliflora), which is notable for its unbranched trunk directly out of which grow flowers "and fruit. ..."

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