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quandong nut

quandong nut

9.9
A hard edible seed inside the fruit of an Australian tree
  • noun
  • Australian
translation icon : nuez de quandong
  • After cracking open the fruit, she collected several quandong nuts to roast over the fire.

Examples

  • The quandong nut can be used in baking and traditional Aboriginal dishes.

  • Many bushwalkers enjoy eating the quandong nut for its distinctive flavor and nutritional value.

  • I love eating quandong nuts as a snack.

  • Have you tried quandong nuts before?

  • Many bushwalkers enjoy eating the quandong nut for its distinctive flavor and nutritional value.

  • The quandong nut can be used in baking and traditional Aboriginal dishes.

  • After cracking open the fruit, she collected several quandong nuts to roast over the fire.

Surface Forms

quandong nut singular
quandong nuts plural

Morphology

quandong + nut

The compound is a straightforward noun+noun composition: if a learner knows 'quandong' (the Australian tree/fruit) and 'nut' (a hard-shelled seed), they can directly infer this refers to the edible seed of the quandong. This kind of plant-name + part construction is compositional and cross-linguistically common, so the meaning is readily derivable from the constituents.

Etymology

Quandong nut comes from the bright red quandong fruit that hides a hard nut inside. People cracked the fruit to reach the tasty 'seed', so today quandong nut means the edible 'seed' from that Australian tree and is used as 'food'.