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QUANDONG
quandong, quandang, quantong, native peach
(noun) red Australian fruit; used for dessert or in jam
quandong, quandong tree, Brisbane quandong, silver quandong tree, blue fig, Elaeocarpus grandis
(noun) Australian tree having hard white timber and glossy green leaves with white flowers followed by one-seeded glossy blue fruit
quandong, blue fig
(noun) the fruit of the Brisbane quandong tree
quandong, quandang, quandong tree, Eucarya acuminata, Fusanus acuminatus
(noun) Australian tree with edible flesh and edible nutlike seed
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
quandong (plural quandongs)
Any of several species of Santalum
A small southern Australian shrub (Santalum acuminatum) or its edible red fruit. [from 19th c.]
The bitter quandong (Santalum murrayanum) or its fruit. [from 19th c.]
The desert quandong (Santalum lanceolatum) or its fruit.
Any of many species of Elaeocarpus
blue quandong (Elaeocarpus angustifolius) or its fruit. [from 20th c.]
Arnhem Land quandong, bony quandong (Elaeocarpus arnhemicus)
Kuranda quandong (Elaeocarpus bancroftii)
brown quandong (Elaeocarpus coorangooloo)
smooth-leaved quandong, eumundi (Elaeocarpus eumundi)
quandong (Elaeocarpus ferruginiflorus)
white quandong, Northern quandong (Elaeocarpus foveolatus)
brush quandong, blue quandong, white quandong, quandong (Elaeocarpus grandis)
mountain quandong (Elaeocarpus holopetalus )
Kuranda quandong (Elaeocarpus johnsonii)
brown-hearted quandong (Elaeocarpus kirtonii)
white quandong (Elaeocarpus kirtonii)
tropical quandong (Elaeocarpus largiflorens)
hard quandong (Elaeocarpus obovatus)
Ash quandong (Elaeocarpus reticulatus)
brown quandong, grey quandong (Elaeocarpus ruminatus)
Northern quandong, hard quandong, Northern hard quandong (Elaeocarpus sericopetalus)
hairy quandong (Elaeocarpus williamsianus)
highroot quandong (Aceratium concinnum)
buff guandong, grey quandong (Peripentadenia mearsii)
(AU slang, now rare) A confidence trickster. [from 20th c.]
Source: Wiktionary
Quan"dong, n. (Bot.)
Definition: The edible drupaceous fruit of an Australian tree (Fusanus acuminatus) of the Sandalwood family; -- called also quandang.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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