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CARISSA PLUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does carissa plum mean? 

CARISSA PLUM (noun)
  The noun CARISSA PLUM has 1 sense:

1. edible scarlet plumlike fruit of a South African plantplay

  Familiarity information: CARISSA PLUM used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CARISSA PLUM (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Edible scarlet plumlike fruit of a South African plant

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Synonyms:

carissa plum; natal plum

Hypernyms ("carissa plum" is a kind of...):

edible fruit (edible reproductive body of a seed plant especially one having sweet flesh)

Holonyms ("carissa plum" is a part of...):

amatungulu; Carissa grandiflora; Carissa macrocarpa; natal plum (very large closely branched South African shrub having forked bright green spines and shiny leaves)


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