anchovy pear

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

anchovy pear
    n 1: West Indian tree bearing edible fruit resembling mango
         [syn: {anchovy pear}, {anchovy pear tree}, {Grias
         cauliflora}]
    2: West Indian fruit resembling the mango; often pickled [syn:
       {anchovy pear}, {river pear}]

from 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]

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