Definition of Kangaroo apple

1. Noun. Australian annual sometimes cultivated for its racemes of purple flowers and edible yellow egg-shaped fruit.

Exact synonyms: Poroporo, Solanum Aviculare
Generic synonyms: Nightshade

Definition of Kangaroo apple

1. Noun. The fruit of ''Solanum aviculare'' or ''Solanum vescum''; the plants bearing such fruit. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Kangaroo Apple

kandakes
kandies
kane
kaneh
kanehs
kanemite
kanes
kang
kanga
kangaroo
kangaroo's-foot
kangaroo-bar
kangaroo-foot plant
kangaroo-rat
kangaroo apple (current term)
kangaroo bar
kangaroo bars
kangaroo bear
kangaroo court
kangaroo courts
kangaroo hare
kangaroo jerboa
kangaroo mice
kangaroo mouse
kangaroo paw
kangaroo paws
kangaroo rat
kangaroo rats

Literary usage of Kangaroo apple

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Chambers's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge (1901)
"kangaroo apple, a species of Solanum (qv) (<S. facilitation), with a somewhat shrubby succulent stem, smooth pinnatifid or entire ..."

2. Austral English: A Dictionary of Australasian Words, Phrases and Usages with by Edward Ellis Morris (1898)
"133 : ' Solarium laciniatum, the kangaroo- apple, resembling the apple of a potato ; when so ripe as to split, it has a mealy sub-acid taste." 1846. ..."

3. The Standard American Encyclopedia of Arts, Sciences, History, Biography by John Clark Ridpath (1897)
"... Kangaroo. had been described by Le Brun in 1711. It ¡a of a grayish- brown, the fur long and soft. Kangaroo' Apple, a species of Solanum, ..."

4. Library of Universal Knowledge: A Reprint of the Last (1880) Edinburgh and (1880)
"kangaroo apple, a species of ... New Zealand, Australia, and Tasmania, in which latter countries its fruit is called kangaroo apple, anil is used as food. ..."

5. Chamber's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge (1890)
"kangaroo apple, a species of Solanum (qv) (S. ... and Tasmania, in which latter countries its fruit is called kangaroo apple, and is used as food. ..."

6. A Narrative of a Visit to the Australian Colonies by James Backhouse (1843)
"kangaroo apple. This is a shrub growing from four to six feet high, ... The Kangaroo-apple flourishes best near the coast, but grows on the Derwent, ..."

7. The International Cyclopedia: A Compendium of Human Knowledge, Rev. with by Selim Hobart Peabody, Charles Francis Richardson (1898)
"kangaroo apple, a species of Solanum (qv) ... New Zealand, Australia, and Tasmania, in which latter countries its fruit is called kangaroo apple, ..."

8. Chambers's Encyclopædia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People (1878)
"It is the only known bird having large wings which does not use them for flight. kangaroo apple, a species of Solanum (qv), ..."

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