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alunqua

alunqua noun: a twining plant, Marsdenia australis, native to Australia.

Noun

alunqua (plural alunquas)

  1. A twining plant, Marsdenia australis, native to Australia.
  2. The fruit of the alunqua; bush cucumber, bush banana.
    • Another common bush delicacy was the alunqua, some call it the bush cucumber.1937, Michael Terry, Sand and Sun: Two Gold-hunting Expeditions with Camels in the Dry Lands of Central Australia

Forms of alunqua

pluralalunquas

Origin of alunqua

From Eastern Arrernte alangkwe, the name for the fruit.

Questions about alunqua

What does alunqua mean?
Alunqua means a twining plant, Marsdenia australis, native to Australia.
What part of speech is alunqua?
Alunqua is a noun.
What is the plural of alunqua?
The plural of alunqua is alunquas.

Words near alunqua in the dictionary

  1. Alune
  2. alunite
  3. alunites
  4. Aluniș
  5. alunogen
  6. alunqua
  7. alunquas
  8. Alunu
  9. Alupay
  10. Alupka
  11. Alur

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