Definition of "naras" [naras]

• 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. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "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."