quandang
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quan·dong
also quan·dang (kwŏn′dŏng′)n.
1. An Australian shrub or small tree (Santalum acuminatum) that is hemiparasitic on the roots of other plants and bears edible red fruit.
2. An Australian tree (Elaeocarpus angustifolius) having glossy leaves, greenish-white flowers, and shiny bright blue fruit.
[Wiradhuri (Pama-Nyungan language of southeast Australia) guwandhaaŋ.]
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Noun | 1. | quandang - Australian tree with edible flesh and edible nutlike seed quandong nut - edible nutlike seed of the quandong fruit tree - a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms |
2. | quandang - red Australian fruit; used for dessert or in jam edible fruit - edible reproductive body of a seed plant especially one having sweet flesh Eucarya acuminata, Fusanus acuminatus, quandang, quandong, quandong tree - Australian tree with edible flesh and edible nutlike seed |
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