quandong

[ kwon-dong ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

an Australian tree, Fusanus acuminatus, bearing a fruit with an edible, nutlike seed.
the fruit, or the seed or nut.

quandong

/ ˈkwɒnˌtɒŋ; ˈkwɒnˌdɒŋ /

Also callednative peach
1. a small Australian santalaceous tree, Eucarya acuminata (or Fusanus acuminatus )
2. the edible fruit or nut of this tree, used in preserves
silver quandong
1. an Australian tree, Elaeocarpus grandis : family Elaeocarpaceae
2. the pale easily worked timber of this tree
informal.
a person who takes advantage of other people's generosity

First recorded in 1830–40, quandong is from the Wiradjuri word guwandhāŋ

from a native Australian language

On the road we saw several quandong trees, and got some of the ripe fruit.

We let them rest in the shade of some quandong trees, which grew in great numbers round about here.

The quandong fruit here was splendid—we dried a quantity in the sun.

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