natal plum

Natal plum

n. A South African evergreen shrub (Carissa macrocarpa) often cultivated as a hedge plant, having forked spines, white flowers, and edible scarlet berries.

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Noun	1.	natal plum - very large closely branched South African shrub having forked bright green spines and shiny leavesamatungulu, Carissa grandiflora, Carissa macrocarpacarissa plum, natal plum - edible scarlet plumlike fruit of a South African plantcarissa - a shrub of the genus Carissa having fragrant white flowers and plumlike red to purple-black fruits
	2.	natal plum - South African shrub having forked spines and plumlike fruit; frequently used as hedgingCarissa bispinosa, hedge thorncarissa - a shrub of the genus Carissa having fragrant white flowers and plumlike red to purple-black fruits
	3.	natal plum - edible scarlet plumlike fruit of a South African plantcarissa plumedible fruit - edible reproductive body of a seed plant especially one having sweet fleshamatungulu, Carissa grandiflora, Carissa macrocarpa, natal plum - very large closely branched South African shrub having forked bright green spines and shiny leaves