Natal orange

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noun

a spiny shrub, Strychnos spinosa, of the logania family, of central and southern Africa, having yellowish-white flowers and edible, berrylike, yellow fruit.

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How to use Natal orange in a sentence

A sad-faced orange Star of David flashed across the iPhone screen as we swiped left on “James” (not his real name).
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It took me 1,015 strokes to see this shade of green in a world of orange, and my jaw nearly dropped.
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“Hence, there might be a net benefit, at least to some females, of breeding within the natal group,” the researchers speculate.
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Suddenly, light flooded the room, and I found myself lying on a filthy orange sofa across the room from where my rape occurred.
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I learn by the third day to tell the nurse privately to make mine mostly orange juice.
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Some one had gathered orange and lemon branches, and with these fashioned graceful festoons between.
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From pre-natal days I was destined for the railway service, as an oyster to its shell.
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The long line of little gray, weather-beaten houses nestled peacefully among the orange trees.
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An illumination broke over his whole face when he saw her and joined her under the orange tree.
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Thus shall we see the destinies of this country guided under the orange and red flag.
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