Natal plum

Natal plum

n.

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

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Noun	1.	natal plum - very large closely branched South African shrub having forked bright green spines and shiny leaves amatungulu, Carissa grandiflora, Carissa macrocarpa carissa plum, natal plum - edible scarlet plumlike fruit of a South African plant carissa - 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 hedging Carissa bispinosa, hedge thorn carissa - 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 plant carissa plum edible fruit - edible reproductive body of a seed plant especially one having sweet flesh amatungulu, Carissa grandiflora, Carissa macrocarpa, natal plum - very large closely branched South African shrub having forked bright green spines and shiny leaves