naras
See also: näras and náráš
English
Alternative forms
- nara, 'naras, narra
Etymology
From Khoekhoe !naras (“naras fruit”), !narab (“naras plant”).
Noun
naras
- (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, p. 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, p. xxix:
- in this river course also grows a remarkable plant, the Naras, which sends its roots deep […].
- 1840, Barnabas Shaw, Memorials of South Africa, p. 185:
Anagrams
- Ansar, Arans, Sarna, asRNA, asrna, saRNA, saran