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anˌchovy-ˈpear A West Indian fruit, pickled and eaten like the mango; also the tree (Grias cauliflora) which bears it.
1696[see river pear s.v. river n.1 7]. 1725Sloane Nat. Hist. Jamaica tab. 207. fig. 12 Anchove pear tree. 1866A. Black in Treas. Bot. 552 The Anchovy Pear of Jamaica has long been cultivated in plant stoves for the sake of its magnificent foliage. |