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honkynut

honkynut noun: the fruit of a bloodwood of Western Australia, Corymbia calophylla.

honkynut: the fruit of a bloodwood of Western Australia, Corymbia calophylla
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Noun

honkynut (plural honkynuts)

  1. (Australia, colloquial) The fruit of a bloodwood of Western Australia, Corymbia calophylla.
    • So I sighed and turned and kicked a honkynut as hard as I could.2007, Craig Silvey, Jasper Jones, ALlen & Unwin, published 2007, page 129

Forms of honkynut

pluralhonkynuts

Questions about honkynut

What does honkynut mean?
Honkynut means the fruit of a bloodwood of Western Australia, Corymbia calophylla.
What part of speech is honkynut?
Honkynut is a noun.
What is the plural of honkynut?
The plural of honkynut is honkynuts.

Words near honkynut in the dictionary

  1. honky-tonker
  2. honky-tonkers
  3. honky-tonks
  4. honkydom
  5. honkyness
  6. honkynut
  7. honkynuts
  8. honkytonk
  9. honkytonks
  10. Honley
  11. honmoder

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