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RIVER PEAR
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Dictionary entry overview: What does river pear mean?
• RIVER PEAR (noun)
The noun RIVER PEAR has 1 sense:
1. West Indian fruit resembling the mango; often pickled
Familiarity information: RIVER PEAR used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
West Indian fruit resembling the mango; often pickled
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Synonyms:
anchovy pear; river pear
Hypernyms ("river pear" is a kind of...):
edible fruit (edible reproductive body of a seed plant especially one having sweet flesh)
Holonyms ("river pear" is a part of...):
anchovy pear; anchovy pear tree; Grias cauliflora (West Indian tree bearing edible fruit resembling mango)
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