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Answer for the clue "Australian tree with edible flesh and edible nutlike seed ", 8 letters:
quandong

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The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Quandong \Quan"dong\, n. (Bot.) The edible drupaceous fruit of an Australian tree ( Fusanus acuminatus ) of the Sandalwood family; -- called also quandang .

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Quandong , quandang or quondong, is a common name for the species Santalum acuminatum (desert, sweet, Western quandong), especially its edible fruit, but may also refer to Aceratium concinnum (highroot quandong) Peripentadenia mearsii (buff, grey quandong) ...

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. Australian tree with edible flesh and edible nutlike seed [syn: quandang , quandong tree , Eucarya acuminata , Fusanus acuminatus ] the fruit of the Brisbane quandong tree [syn: blue fig ] Australian tree having hard white timber and glossy green leaves ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 Any of several species of ''Santalum'': 2 # A small southern Australian shrub ((taxlink Santalum acuminatum species noshow=1)) or its edible red fruit. (from 19th c.) 3 # The (vern: bitter quandong) ((taxlink Santalum murrayanum species noshow=1)) ...

Usage examples of quandong.

I have been privileged to become aware of the singing of a quiet tune, some of the phrases of which were directly derivative from inarticulate vegetation--the thud of glossy blue quandongs on the soft floor of the jungle, the clicking of a discarded leaf as it fell from topmost twigs down through the strata of foliage, the bursting of a seed-pod, the patter of rejects from the million pink-fruited fig, overhanging the beach, the whisper of leaves, the faint squeal where interlocked branches fret each other unceasingly, the sigh of phantom zephyrs too elusive to be felt.