anchovy pear

anchovy pear (plural anchovy pears)

1. The tree Grias cauliflora.

   Synonym: river pear

2. A fruit, similar to mango in taste, from this tree

   Synonym: river pear

• “anchovy pear”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.