conkerberry
English
![](Images/wiktionary/Carissa_spinarum_near_Hyderabad_W_IMG_7615.jpg.webp)
conkerberry shrub
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conkerberry (fruit)
Etymology
Perhaps from Mayi-Kulan / Mayi-Yapi ganggabarri, with the spelling influenced by conker + berry.[1]
Noun
conkerberry (plural conkerberries)
- A large shrub of the dogbane family: Carissa spinarum, the "bush plum".
- The berry of this shrub.
References
- Philip A. Clarke, Aboriginal Plant Collectors (2008, →ISBN, page 56: "One example is 'conkerberry', which may have come from the term ganggabarri of the Mayi-Yapi and Mayi-Kulan languages spoken in the Cloncurry River district[.]"