What is "kangaroo apple"

kangaroo \kan"ga*roo"\, n. [Said to be the native name.] (Zo["o]l.) Any one of numerous species of jumping marsupials of the family Macropodid[ae]. They inhabit Australia, New Guinea, and adjacent islands, They have long and strong hind legs and a large tail, while the fore legs are comparatively short and feeble. The giant kangaroo ( Macropus major) is the largest species, sometimes becoming twelve or fourteen feet in total length. The tree kangaroos, belonging to the genus Dendrolagus, live in trees; the rock kangaroos, of the genus Petrogale, inhabit rocky situations; and the brush kangaroos, of the genus Halmaturus, inhabit wooded districts. See Wallaby.

Kangaroo apple (Bot.), the edible fruit of the Tasmanian plant Solanum aviculare.

Kangaroo grass (Bot.), a perennial Australian forage grass ( Anthistiria australis).

Kangaroo hare (Zo["o]l.), the jerboa kangaroo. See under Jerboa.

Kangaroo mouse. (Zo["o]l.) See Jumping mouse, under Jumping.

n. The fruit of (taxlink Solanum aviculare species noshow=1) or (taxlink Solanum vescum species noshow=1); the plants bearing such fruit.

n. Australian annual sometimes cultivated for its racemes of purple flowers and edible yellow egg-shaped fruit [syn: poroporo, Solanum aviculare]