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- n. An erect spiny shrub of the gourd family, Acanthosicyos horrida, a native of southwest Africa, bearing edible globose fruits with a very thin, hard rind. The flesh of the fruit and the oily seeds form the principal food of the Hottentots and other native tribes of the region. The fruit is eaten fresh and is also made into a kind of cake, which with the seeds is kept until times of need. For a long time the seeds have been an article of export to Cape Colony under the name of butter-pits, where they are used as food by the colored peoples and by the whites as a substitute for almonds. See
narras-plant .
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“With a profusion of bows and “sayo naras” on each side, you go away with the pleasant feeling of having given an industrious woman twice as much as the thing was worth to her, and less than what it is worth to you!”
“By seven the next morning the rice was eaten, the room as bare as if it had never been occupied, the bill of 80 sen paid, the house-master and servants with many sayo naras, or farewells, had prostrated themselves, and we were away in the kurumas at a rapid trot.”
“B.naras Hindu University, B.naras: The eligibility criterion is B. Sc Agriculture with at least 50 per cent marks.”
“The four students -- two of B. September 15th, 2009 VARANASI - Four engineering students of the B.naras Hindu University (B.U) were arrested Tuesday for allegedly ragging a first-year student outside the varsity campus, police said.”
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“B.naras Hindu University, Varanasi B.S/B.S/B.MS/B. Pharm ADMISSIONS 2010”
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