quandong Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun Australian tree with edible flesh and edible nutlike seed
    Fusanus acuminatus; Eucarya acuminata; quandong tree; quandang.
  2. noun the fruit of the Brisbane quandong tree
    blue fig.
  3. noun Australian tree having hard white timber and glossy green leaves with white flowers followed by one-seeded glossy blue fruit
    Elaeocarpus grandis; blue fig; quandong tree; silver quandong tree; Brisbane quandong.
  4. noun red Australian fruit; used for dessert or in jam
    quantong; native peach; quandang.

WordNet


Quan"dong noun
Definitions
  1. (Bot.) The edible drupaceous fruit of an Australian tree (Fusanus acuminatus) of the Sandalwood family; -- called also quandang.

Webster 1913