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currijong

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cur⋅ri⋅jong

[kuhr-i-jong]
–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.


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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