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Natal noun. M19.
[See below.]
Used attrib. to designate things found in, obtained from, or associated with Natal, a province of South Africa (earlier a Boer republic).
Natal lily any of several southern African monocotyledonous plants with brightly coloured flowers, esp. = CLIVIA. Natal mahogany either of two evergreen timber trees, Kiggelaria africana (family Flacourtiaceae) and Trichilia emetica (family Meliaceae). Natal plum a spiny evergreen shrub or small tree, Carissa grandiflora (family Apocynaceae), which bears tubular white fragrant flowers and an edible purple fruit. Natal sore = oriental sore s.v. ORIENTAL adjective.