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QUANDANG
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Dictionary entry overview: What does quandang mean?
• QUANDANG (noun)
The noun QUANDANG has 2 senses:
1. Australian tree with edible flesh and edible nutlike seed
2. red Australian fruit; used for dessert or in jam
Familiarity information: QUANDANG used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Australian tree with edible flesh and edible nutlike seed
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Eucarya acuminata; Fusanus acuminatus; quandang; quandong; quandong tree
Hypernyms ("quandang" 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 "quandang"):
native peach; quandang; quandong; quantong (red Australian fruit; used for dessert or in jam)
quandong nut (edible nutlike seed of the quandong fruit)
Holonyms ("quandang" is a member of...):
Eucarya; Fusanus; genus Eucarya; genus Fusanus (quandong trees)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Red Australian fruit; used for dessert or in jam
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Synonyms:
native peach; quandang; quandong; quantong
Hypernyms ("quandang" is a kind of...):
edible fruit (edible reproductive body of a seed plant especially one having sweet flesh)
Holonyms ("quandang" is a part of...):
Eucarya acuminata; Fusanus acuminatus; quandang; quandong; quandong tree (Australian tree with edible flesh and edible nutlike seed)
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