kurrajong
kurrajong noun: any of a number of species of tree or shrub in the genus Brachychiton.
Noun
kurrajong (plural kurrajongs)
- Any of a number of species of tree or shrub in the genus Brachychiton.
- My young friend, Master Keith McKeown, now finds this beetle under the stones about the roots of the kurrajong at Wagga, and also sheltering during the winter in the seed-pods on the trees.1906, Henry Charles Lennox Anderson, Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales, volume 16
- From the mallee and kurrajong trees came a rowdy chatter of parakeets, while queer soughing of air-currents came from the valley top.1931, Ion L. Idriess, Lasseter's Last Ride, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 187
- A peanut tree, Sterculia quadrifida, native to eastern coastal Australia; a red- or orange-fruited kurrajong.
Proper noun capitalized: Kurrajong
Kurrajong
- A town in the Hawkesbury council area, south eastern New South Wales, Australia.
Examples of kurrajong in a sentence
- The black kurrajong has a fibrous bark that Aboriginal artefact-makers used as a raw material to make string for their lines and carry-bags.2008, Philip A. Clarke, Aboriginal Plant Collectors: Botanists and Australian Aboriginal People in the Nineteenth Century, page 50:
- The groves of Kurrajongs along the saddle of Mount Majura were founded last century.2011, Ian Fraser, Peter Marsack, A Bush Capital Year: A Natural History of the Canberra Region, page 90:
Forms of kurrajong
| plural | kurrajongs |
|---|---|
| alternative form | currajong |
| alternative form | currijong |
| alternative form | curryjong |
| alternative form | koorajong |
Origin of kurrajong
From Dharug garrajung (“fishing line”), from the use made of the bark.
Words formed from kurrajong
- East Kurrajong
- Kurrajong Heights
- Kurrajong Hills
- desert kurrajong
- green kurrajong
- kurrajong leaf roller
- lace kurrajong
- northern kurrajong
- pink kurrajong
- red-flowered kurrajong
- red-fruited kurrajong
- white kurrajong
Questions about kurrajong
- What does kurrajong mean?
- Kurrajong means any of a number of species of tree or shrub in the genus Brachychiton.
- How do you use kurrajong in a sentence?
- The black kurrajong has a fibrous bark that Aboriginal artefact-makers used as a raw material to make string for their lines and carry-bags.
- What part of speech is kurrajong?
- Kurrajong can be a noun or a proper noun.
- What is the plural of kurrajong?
- The plural of kurrajong is kurrajongs.
Words near kurrajong in the dictionary
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