English Dictionary

BRISBANE QUANDONG

Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

 Dictionary entry overview: What does Brisbane quandong mean? 

BRISBANE QUANDONG (noun)
  The noun BRISBANE QUANDONG has 1 sense:

1. Australian tree having hard white timber and glossy green leaves with white flowers followed by one-seeded glossy blue fruitplay

  Familiarity information: BRISBANE QUANDONG used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


BRISBANE QUANDONG (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Australian tree having hard white timber and glossy green leaves with white flowers followed by one-seeded glossy blue fruit

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

blue fig; Brisbane quandong; Elaeocarpus grandis; quandong; quandong tree; silver quandong tree

Hypernyms ("Brisbane quandong" is a kind of...):

tree (a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms)

Meronyms (parts of "Brisbane quandong"):

silver quandong (pale easily worked timber from the quandong tree)

blue fig; quandong (the fruit of the Brisbane quandong tree)

Holonyms ("Brisbane quandong" is a member of...):

Elaeocarpus; genus Elaeocarpus (type genus of the family Elaeocarpaceae)


 Learn English with... Proverbs 
"Still waters are the deepest." (English proverb)

"Wait horse for green grass." (Bulgarian proverb)

"One day is for us, and the other is against us." (Arabic proverb)

"Nothing is blacker than the pan." (Corsican proverb)



ALSO IN ENGLISH DICTIONARY:


© 2000-2023 AudioEnglish.org | AudioEnglish® is a Registered Trademark | Terms of use and privacy policy
Contact