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Natal, n.2|nəˈtɑːl|
The name of a province of the Republic of South Africa used attrib. in:
1. Natal sore Path. = oriental sore s.v. oriental a. and n. A. 3 b.
1852C. Barter Dorp & Veld ii. 13 The Natal sore, a very painful boil. 1855J. W. Colenso Ten Weeks in Natal 245 The Natal sores or boils..are such as I have known among my parishioners in Norfolk. 1915O. S. Ormsby Pract. Treat. Dis. Skin 360 As distinguished from the Natal sore, which was chiefly found in the lower part of that country, the veldt sore was most abundant in the high, barren table-lands. 1951G. Panja in R. B. H. Gradwohl Clin. Trop. Med. xxxiii. 641 Tropical Phagedenic Ulcer... Synonyms... Natal sore.
2. The names of plants and animals found there, as Natal francolin, Francolinus natalensis; Natal lily, a bulbous plant of the family Amaryllidaceæ, Clivia miniata, which bears clusters of scarlet flowers, or one of several species of Crinum; Natal mahogany, either of two evergreen timber trees, Kiggelaria africana, of the family Flacourtiaceæ, or Trichilia emetica, of the family Meliaceæ; Natal plum, one of several shrubs or trees bearing fruit resembling a plum, esp. a spiny evergreen shrub or small tree, Carissa macrocarpa, of the family Apocynaceæ, which bears tubular, white, fragrant flowers and an edible purple fruit.
1906Natal francolin [see coast-partridge (coast n. 14)]. 1947J. Stevenson-Hamilton Wild Life S. Afr. xxxii. 274 The Natal francolin (Francolinus natalensis)..may be recognized by its red bill and legs, and white breast with V-shaped black markings.
1855Cape of Good Hope Almanac & Ann. Reg. for 1856 283 The Natal lily is the perfection of beauty and fragrance. 1859R. J. Mann Colony of Natal viii. 152 Most places are commonly covered with another very beautiful amaryllid..which is termed par excellence the ‘Natal lily’. The flowers of this striking plant are large white pink-ribbed bells, hanging in enormous bunches round the summit of the flower-stalk. 1962Watt & Breyer-Brandwijk Medicinal & Poisonous Plants S. & E. Afr. (ed. 2) 1378/1 Crinum sp... Natal lily.
1904H. Stone Timbers of Commerce 3 (heading) Natal Mahogany. Kiggelaria Dregeana. 1907T. R. Sim Forests & Forest Flora Cape Good Hope 128 Kiggelaria africana, Wild Peach, Natal Mahogany..does best in open forest. Ibid. 161 This tree [sc. Trichilia emetica]..is known in the Transkei as Cape Mahogany, Manuti Mahogany, or Natal Mahogany. 1973Palmer & Pitman Trees S. Afr. II. 1071 Trichilia emetica Vahl. Woodland mahogany, Natal mahogany... This is one of the widespread trees of Africa.
1859R. J. Mann Colony of Natal viii. 158 The Amatungulu (Natal plum) is the berry of an evergreen periwinkle (Vinca) growing as a small shrub on the sea-coast lands. The fruit is about the size of a damson. 1876H. Brooks Natal v. 168 A plant..bearing a really valuable fruit which is familiarly known as the Natal plum. 1970Country Life 17 Dec. 1230/3 Scarlet ixoras and the spiny carissa (Natal plum) are used as evergreen hedges. 1973Palmer & Pitman Trees S. Afr. III. 1901 Carissa macrocarpa... Amatungulu, Natal plum..is a common and often conspicuous species in coastal bush, on sand dunes and on the edges of coastal forest... Although it is often a low bush, it can grow into a small tree up to 4 m high, many-branched, spiny, with dense evergreen foliage. |