naras

noun1

1. •
   (South-Africa) A spiny shrub, Acanthosicyos horridus, growing in Namibia and the Kalahari Desert, or the melon-like fruit that it produces.

   • 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 […]. — 1840