conkerberry
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English
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Carissa_spinarum_near_Hyderabad_W_IMG_7615.jpg/220px-Carissa_spinarum_near_Hyderabad_W_IMG_7615.jpg)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Carissa_ovata_fruit.jpg/220px-Carissa_ovata_fruit.jpg)
Etymology
[edit]Perhaps from Mayi-Kulan / Mayi-Yapi ganggabarri, with the spelling influenced by conker + berry.[1]
Noun
[edit]conkerberry (plural conkerberries)
- A large shrub of the dogbane family: Carissa spinarum, the "bush plum".
- The berry of this shrub.