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Definition of Quandong tree
1. Noun. Australian tree with edible flesh and edible nutlike seed.
Exact synonyms: Eucarya Acuminata, Fusanus Acuminatus, Quandang, Quandong
Terms within: Native Peach, Quandang, Quandong, Quantong, Quandong Nut
Group relationships: Eucarya, Fusanus, Genus Eucarya, Genus Fusanus
Generic synonyms: Tree
Terms within: Native Peach, Quandang, Quandong, Quantong, Quandong Nut
Group relationships: Eucarya, Fusanus, Genus Eucarya, Genus Fusanus
Generic synonyms: Tree
2. Noun. Australian tree having hard white timber and glossy green leaves with white flowers followed by one-seeded glossy blue fruit.
Exact synonyms: Blue Fig, Brisbane Quandong, Elaeocarpus Grandis, Quandong, Silver Quandong Tree
Group relationships: Elaeocarpus, Genus Elaeocarpus
Terms within: Silver Quandong, Blue Fig, Quandong
Generic synonyms: Tree
Group relationships: Elaeocarpus, Genus Elaeocarpus
Terms within: Silver Quandong, Blue Fig, Quandong
Generic synonyms: Tree
Lexicographical Neighbors of Quandong Tree
Literary usage of Quandong tree
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Australia Twice Traversed: The Romance of Exploration, Being a Narrative by Ernest Giles (1889)
"Some of the small vetch, or pea-like plant, of which the horses are so fond,
existed here. To-day we saw a single quandong tree ..."
2. My Australian Girlhood: Sketches and Impressions of Bush Life by Campbell Praed, Rosa Caroline Praed (1902)
"... to partition off an unused hut for the ladies accommodation, and then let his
eyes rest upon tke poet, who sat reading Greek under a quandong-tree, ..."
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