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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 pickledplay

  Familiarity information: RIVER PEAR used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


RIVER PEAR (noun)


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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