Definition of Quandongs

1. Noun. (plural of quandong) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Quandongs

1. quandong [n] - See also: quandong

Lexicographical Neighbors of Quandongs

qualmy
qualophile
qualophiles
qualtagh
quamash
quamashes
quamoclit
quandang
quandangs
quandaries
quandary
quandies
quandong
quandong nut
quandong tree
quandongs (current term)
quandry
quandy
quango
quangocracies
quangocracy
quangocrat
quangocrats
quangos
quannet
quannets
quant
quant fund
quant funds
quant pole

Literary usage of Quandongs

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

1. The Geographical Journal by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain). (1900)
"... sand-ridges were encountered for nearly 100 miles, with occasional patches of mulga and desert gums, and a few quandongs and acacias, besides spinifex. ..."

2. Australian Pictures Drawn with Pen and Pencil: Drawn from Pen and Pencil by Howard Willoughby (1886)
"... leaf and trees were all abloom and the quandongs were heavily fruited, and the nardoo with its life-saving seed ripened and decayed unheeded. ..."

3. Geographic Travels in Central Australia from 1872 to 1874 by Ernest Giles (1875)
"... that none of us ventured to eat anything; the day had been hot, and we were rather thirsty at night. Our having eaten so many quandongs was the ..."

4. My Australian Girlhood: Sketches and Impressions of Bush Life by Campbell Praed, Rosa Caroline Praed (1902)
"The quandongs were tall and green, and there were trees with straight stems and bare branches—the leafage all courting the sun at the top—which were ..."

5. Advanced Australia: A Short Account of Australia on the Eve of Federation by William Johnson Galloway (1899)
"The greater part of the area of Western Australia is dry, sandy, desert country, which would seem to be the natural home of sandal-wood and quandongs, ..."

6. My Tropic Isle by Edmund James Banfield (1913)
"... some of the phrases of which were directly derivative from inarticulate vegetation—the thud of glossy blue quandongs on the soft floor of the jungle, ..."

7. The Centennial Magazine: An Australian Monthly (1889)
"Sometimes in suitable situations there are sparse myall, groves of quandongs, belts of pine, malice, turpentine and punty scrub ..."

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