Natal plum

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noun

a southern African bushy shrub, Carissa grandiflora, of the dogbane family, having forked spines, white flowers, and egg-shaped, red berries.

the fruit of this shrub.

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Also called amatungula.

Origin of Natal plum

First recorded in 1855–60

Words nearby Natal plum

natal, natal chart, Natalie, natality, Natal orange, Natal plum, natant, Natasha, Natashquan, natation, natator

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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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It was popularized as a holiday dessert in 16th-century England and also is known as Christmas pudding or plum pudding.
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At least those parents whose kids landed the plum roles will be.
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Central won thirty-three consecutive games, and Suffridge became a plum for the college recruiters.
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Oh, OK, her first post-natal engagement, at a volleyball club, was dominated by photos of her top riding up her chest.
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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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Spain is at war with North America, and now offers us this sugar-plum to draw us to her side to defend her against invasion.
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The system would be perfect for the mellowing of port or madeira, but when it is applied to plum and apple jam or, when 18 pr.
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If the cake rises well in the oven, it is commonly said that it is "nice and plum;" and vice vers, that it is heavy.
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Natal, a British colony, protected its sugar by taxing the sugar that came from another British colony, Mauritius.
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