carissa macrocarpa

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   very large closely branched South African shrub having forked bright green spines and shiny leaves

   Synonymsnatal plumamatunguluCarissa grandiflora

   Broadercarissa

   Partscarissa plum

Questions about carissa macrocarpa

What does carissa macrocarpa mean?

carissa macrocarpa means "very large closely branched South African shrub having forked bright green spines and shiny leaves".

What is another word for carissa macrocarpa?

Close synonyms include natal plum, amatungulu, Carissa grandiflora. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is carissa macrocarpa a common word?

carissa macrocarpa is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.