Quandong Definition
kwändäŋ
noun
A small Australian tree (Eucarya acuminata) of the sandalwood family, whose edible fruit has a single stone containing an edible kernel.
Webster's New World
This fruit or stone.
Webster's New World
The bitter quandong, Santalum murrayanum, or its fruit. [from 19th c.]
Wiktionary
(Australia slang, now rare) A confidence trickster. [from 20th c.]
Wiktionary
Synonyms:
- blue fig
- Fusanus acuminatus
- Eucarya acuminata
- quandong tree
- quandang
- Elaeocarpus grandis
- Brisbane quandong
- silver quandong tree
- native peach
- quantong
Other Word Forms of Quandong
Noun
Singular:
quandongPlural:
quandongsOrigin of Quandong
Wiradhuri (Pama-Nyungan language of southeast Australia) guwandhaaŋ
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From Wiradhuri guwandhang.
From Wiktionary
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