naras

See also: NARAS, näras, and náráš

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Etymology

From Khoekhoe !naras (“naras fruit”), !narab (“naras plant”).

Noun

naras

  1. (South Africa) A spiny shrub, Acanthosicyos horridus, growing in Namibia and the Kalahari Desert, or the melon-like fruit that it produces. [from 19th c.]
    • 1840, Barnabas Shaw, Memorials of South Africa, page 185:
      The Bay people catch and eat fish after the ‘naras is out of season, and the carcases of whales killed by the crews of whaling ships, afford them savoury repasts […].
    • 1951, Austin Roberts, The Mammals of South Africa, page xxix:
      in this river course also grows a remarkable plant, the Naras, which sends its roots deep […].

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