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currajong

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cur⋅ra⋅jong

  [kur-uh-jong]
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–noun
kurrajong.

kur⋅ra⋅jong

  [kur-uh-jong]
–noun
an Australian bottle tree, Brachychiton populneus, having showy yellowish-white, bell-shaped flowers, grown as an ornamental.
Also, koorajong, currajong, currijong.

Origin:
1815–25; < Dharuk ga-ra-jun a fishing line, made from the bark of such trees, and perh. misinterpreted as the name of the tree
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currajong

noun
widely distributed tree of eastern Australia yielding a tough durable fiber and soft light attractively grained wood; foliage is an important emergency food for cattle [syn: kurrajong] 
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