Natal orange

noun

1

: a spiny shrub or small tree (Strychnos spinosa) of tropical and subtropical Africa having rough gray bark, elliptical to nearly round leaves, greenish white flowers, and a large, round, yellow fruit with a hard rind and juicy many-seeded pulp

2

: the fruit of the natal orange

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