silver quandong tree — noun Australian tree having hard white timber and glossy green leaves with white flowers followed by one seeded glossy blue fruit • Syn: ↑quandong, ↑quandong tree, ↑Brisbane quandong, ↑blue fig, ↑Elaeocarpus grandis • Hypernyms: ↑tree … Useful english dictionary
quandong — noun 1. the fruit of the Brisbane quandong tree • Syn: ↑blue fig • Hypernyms: ↑fruit • Part Holonyms: ↑quandong tree, ↑Brisbane quandong, ↑silver quandong tree, ↑b … Useful english dictionary
quandong nut — noun edible nutlike seed of the quandong fruit • Hypernyms: ↑edible nut • Part Holonyms: ↑quandong, ↑quandang, ↑quandong tree, ↑Eucarya acuminata, ↑Fusanus acuminatus * * * noun … Useful english dictionary
Quandong — Quan dong, n. (Bot.) The edible drupaceous fruit of an Australian tree ({Fusanus acuminatus}) of the Sandalwood family; called also {quandang}. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
quandong — or quandang [kwäm′täŋ΄kwän′däŋ΄] n. [native name] 1. a small Australian tree (Eucarya acuminata) of the sandalwood family, whose edible fruit has a single stone containing an edible kernel 2. this fruit or stone: Also quantong [kwäm′täŋ΄] … English World dictionary
quandong — /ˈkwɒndɒŋ / (say kwondong) noun 1. Also, desert quandong. a. a tree, Santalum acuminatum, of semi arid regions of Australia, bearing a bright red, edible drupaceous fruit the seed of which (quandong nut) has an edible kernel. b. the fruit, or the …
quandong — noun a) The fruit of a sandalwood tree. b) The fruit of Elaeocarpus angustifolius, unrelated to sandalwood, called blue quandong. See Also: desert quandong, bitter quandong, blue quandong … Wiktionary
quandong — /kwon dong /, n. 1. an Australian tree, Fusanus acuminatus, bearing a fruit with an edible, nutlike seed. 2. the fruit, or the seed or nut. Also, quandang, quantong. [1830 40; < Wiradjuri guwandhan] * * * … Universalium
quandong nut — edible seed of the native peach (Santalum acuminatum), a small shrubby tree of the sandalwood family (Santalaceae), native to Australia. Unlike other members of this family, the native peach is grown for its fruit and nuts rather than for… … Universalium
Brisbane quandong — noun Australian tree having hard white timber and glossy green leaves with white flowers followed by one seeded glossy blue fruit • Syn: ↑quandong, ↑quandong tree, ↑silver quandong tree, ↑blue fig, ↑Elaeocarpus grandis • Hypernyms: ↑tree … Useful english dictionary
