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:
quandong
Plural:
quandongs

Origin of Quandong

  • Wiradhuri (Pama-Nyungan language of southeast Australia) guwandhaaŋ

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Wiradhuri guwandhang.

    From Wiktionary

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