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Definition of Quandang
1. Noun. Australian tree with edible flesh and edible nutlike seed.
Terms within: Native Peach, Quandong, Quantong, Quandong Nut
Group relationships: Eucarya, Fusanus, Genus Eucarya, Genus Fusanus
Generic synonyms: Tree
2. Noun. Red Australian fruit; used for dessert or in jam.
Generic synonyms: Edible Fruit
Group relationships: Eucarya Acuminata, Fusanus Acuminatus, Quandong, Quandong Tree
Definition of Quandang
1. quandong [n -S] - See also: quandong
Lexicographical Neighbors of Quandang
Literary usage of Quandang
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Austral English: A Dictionary of Australasian Words, Phrases, and Usages by Edward Ellis Morris (1898)
"... nd produces the quandang nut (or .emel)." 1857. ... And take this quandang's
double ["Speed thee, ..."
2. Austral English: A Dictionary of Australasian Words, Phrases, and Usages by Edward Ellis Morris (1898)
"... acuminatus is common, and produces the quandang nut (or kernel). ... with these
This firebrand weeping fiery tears ; And take this quandang's double ..."
3. Journal of an Expedition Into the Interior of Tropical Australia, in Search by Thomas Livingstone Mitchell (1848)
"Abundance of the stones of the quandang fruit ... as the quandang bush grows only
upon the lowest slopes of hilly land. Lat. 28° 55' 13" S. Thermometer at ..."
4. The Nut Culturist: A Treatise on the Propagation, Planting and Cultivation by Andrew Samuel Fuller (1896)
"It produces a plum-like fruit, which is best known in its native country as the
quandang nut. It is used as a preserve, but is little known, ..."
5. The Nut Culturist: A Treatise on the Propagation, Planting and Cultivation by Andrew Samuel Fuller (1896)
"It produces a plum-like fruit, which is best known in its native country as the
quandang nut. It is used as a preserve, but is little known, ..."
6. Four Years in Queensland by Edward B. Kennedy (1870)
"Several kinds of pigeons feed on the berries of the tall palm and quandang trees
which grow along the banks of the Pioneer River, Mackay. ..."