quandong

1. 1.

   Australian tree with edible flesh and edible nutlike seed

   Synonymsquandangquandong treeEucarya acuminataFusanus acuminatus

   Broadertree

   Part ofEucarya

   Partsquandong nut
2. 2.

   the fruit of the Brisbane quandong tree

   Synonymsblue fig

   Broaderfruit
3. 3.

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

   Synonymsquandong treeBrisbane quandongsilver quandong treeblue figElaeocarpus grandis

   Broadertree

   Part ofElaeocarpus

   Partssilver quandong
4. 4.

   red Australian fruit; used for dessert or in jam

   Synonymsquandangquantongnative peach

   Broaderedible fruit

Other forms of quandong

plural

quandongs·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about quandong

What does quandong mean?

quandong means "Australian tree with edible flesh and edible nutlike seed". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in quandong?

quandong has 2 syllables: quan-dong. The stress falls on "quan".

What is another word for quandong?

Close synonyms include quandang, quandong tree, Eucarya acuminata, Fusanus acuminatus, blue fig. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is quandong a common word?

quandong is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.