Quandong

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Quandong \Quan"dong\, n. (Bot.)
     The edible drupaceous fruit of an Australian tree ({Fusanus
     acuminatus}) of the Sandalwood family; -- called also
     {quandang}.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  quandong
       n 1: 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}]