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natal plum

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.17 in modern English

Syllables
na-tal -plum
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of several South African evergreen shrubs, of the genus Carissa, having white flowers and edible red berries, often cultivated as hedging.

Inflected Forms

Natal plums (plural)

Synonyms

carissa plum hedge thorn carissa bispinosa amatungulu carissa macrocarpa carissa grandiflora

Questions

What does natal plum mean?
Any of several South African evergreen shrubs, of the genus Carissa, having white flowers and edible red berries, often cultivated as hedging.

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