quandong

Also quandang,

[kwon-dong]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

an Australian tree, Fusanus acuminatus, bearing a fruit with an edible, nutlike seed.
the fruit, or the seed or nut.

quandong

/ ˈkwɒnˌtɒŋ, ˈkwɒnˌdɒŋ /

noun

Also called: native peach.��
1. a small Australian santalaceous tree, Eucarya acuminata (or Fusanus acuminatus )
2. the edible fruit or nut of this tree, used in preserves
1. an Australian tree, Elaeocarpus grandis : family Elaeocarpaceae
2. the pale easily worked timber of this tree
informal��a person who takes advantage of other people's generosity

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Word History and Origins

Origin of quandong¹

First recorded in 1830–40, quandong is from the Wiradjuri word ��ܷɲ��Ի��ŋ

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Word History and Origins

Origin of quandong¹

from a native Australian language

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Example Sentences

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The taciturn beasts have also locally wiped out tasty plants such as the quandong, a delicious fruit in the sandalwood family.

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A male southern cassowary feeds on quandongs, a type of fruit, in Queensland, Australia.

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One of them, Kylie Kwong, is passionately committed to using indigenous ingredients in her Chinese restaurant, Billy Kwong: warrigal greens, saltbush, sea parsley and quandongs or desert peaches all appear on her menu.

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Another fruit of fraudulent type growing on the plains is the quandong.

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During the day we saw some native poplars, quandong, or native peach, capparis, or native orange, and a few scented sandal-wood-trees; nearly all of these different kinds of trees were very stunted in their growth.

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Quandary Peak quango

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