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Quandong

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

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quandong

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)) or its fruit. (from 19th c.) 4 # The (vern: desert quandong) ((taxlink Santalum lanceolatum species noshow=1)) or its fruit. 5 Any of many species of (taxlink Elaeocarpus genus noshow=1): 6 # (vern: blue quandong) ((taxlink Elaeocarpus angustifolius species noshow=1)) or its fruit. (from 20th c.) 7 # (vern: Arnhem Land quandong), (vern: bony quandong) ((taxlink Elaeocarpus arnhemicus species noshow=1)) 8 # (vern: Kuranda quandong) ((taxlink Elaeocarpus bancroftii species noshow=1)) 9 # (vern: brown quandong) ((taxlink Elaeocarpus coorangooloo species noshow=1)) 10 # (vern: smooth-leaved quandong), (vern: eumundi) ((taxlink Elaeocarpus eumundi species noshow=1)) 11 # '''quandong''' ((taxlink Elaeocarpus ferruginiflorus species noshow=1)) 12 # (vern: white quandong), (vern: Northern quandong) ((taxlink Elaeocarpus foveolatus species noshow=1)) 13 # (vern: brush quandong), (vern: blue quandong), (vern: white quandong), '''quandong''' ((taxlink Elaeocarpus grandis species noshow=1)) 14 # (vern: mountain quandong) ((taxlink Elaeocarpus holopetalus species noshow=1) ) 15 # (vern: Kuranda quandong) ((taxlink Elaeocarpus johnsonii species noshow=1)) 16 # (vern: brown-hearted quandong) ((taxlink Elaeocarpus kirtonii species noshow=1)) 17 # (vern: white quandong) ((taxlink Elaeocarpus kirtonii species noshow=1)) 18 # (vern: tropical quandong) ((taxlink Elaeocarpus largiflorens species noshow=1)) 19 # (vern: hard quandong) ((taxlink Elaeocarpus obovatus species noshow=1)) 20 # (vern: Ash quandong) ((taxlink Elaeocarpus reticulatus species noshow=1)) 21 # (vern: brown quandong), (vern: grey quandong) ((taxlink Elaeocarpus ruminatus species noshow=1)) 22 # (vern: Northern quandong), (vern: hard quandong), (vern: Northern hard quandong) ((taxlink Elaeocarpus sericopetalus species noshow=1)) 23 # (vern: hairy quandong) ((taxlink Elaeocarpus williamsianus species noshow=1)) 24 (vern: highroot quandong) ((taxlink Aceratium concinnum species noshow=1)) 25 (vern: buff guandong), (vern: grey quandong) ((taxlink Peripentadenia mearsii species noshow=1)) 26 (context AU slang now rare English) A confidence trickster. (from 20th c.)

WordNet
quandong
  1. n. Australian tree with edible flesh and edible nutlike seed [syn: quandang, quandong tree, Eucarya acuminata, Fusanus acuminatus]

  2. the fruit of the Brisbane quandong tree [syn: blue fig]

  3. Australian tree having hard white timber and glossy green leaves with white flowers followed by one-seeded glossy blue fruit [syn: quandong tree, Brisbane quandong, silver quandong tree, blue fig, Elaeocarpus grandis]

  4. red Australian fruit; used for dessert or in jam [syn: quandang, quantong, native peach]

Wikipedia
Quandong

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)
  • Elaeocarpus angustifolius (blue quandong)
  • Elaeocarpus arnhemicus (Arnhem Land, bony quandong)
  • Elaeocarpus bancroftii (Kuranda quandong)
  • Elaeocarpus coorangooloo (brown quandong)
  • Elaeocarpus eumundi (eumundi, smooth-leaved quandong)
  • Elaeocarpus ferruginiflorus (quandong)
  • Elaeocarpus foveolatus (white, Northern quandong)
  • Elaeocarpus grandis (brush, blue, white quandong; quandong)
  • Elaeocarpus holopetalus (mountain quandong)
  • Elaeocarpus johnsonii (Kuranda quandong)
  • Elaeocarpus kirtonii (brown-hearted quandong)
  • Elaeocarpus kirtonii (white quandong)
  • Elaeocarpus largiflorens (tropical quandong)
  • Elaeocarpus obovatus (hard quandong)
  • Elaeocarpus reticulatus (Ash quandong)
  • Elaeocarpus ruminatus (brown, grey quandong)
  • Elaeocarpus sericopetalus (Northern, hard, Northern hard quandong)
  • Elaeocarpus williamsianus (hairy quandong)
  • Santalum lanceolatum (desert quandong)
  • Santalum murrayanum (bitter quandong)
  • The specific epithet of Amyema quandang, discovered growing on Santalum acuminatum

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.