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Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. n. A myrtaceous genus of two or three species, tall trees, natives of tropical America. The fruit of G. cauliflora, of Jamaica, known as the anchovy-pear, is a russet-brown drupe, which is pickled like the mango. The large glossy leaves are borne in plume-like clusters at the ends of the branches, rendering the tree very ornamental.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. n. The genus of trees including the anchovy pear tree Grias cauliflora, whose fruit is somewhat like the mango.

WordNet 3.0

1. n. anchovy pear tree