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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 plant
Familiarity information: CARISSA PLUM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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