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murnong

murnong noun: a perennial herb of temperate Australia, Microseris lanceolata, or its edible tuber, an important food for Aboriginal Australians.

Noun

murnong (plural murnongs)

  1. (Australia) A perennial herb of temperate Australia, Microseris lanceolata, or its edible tuber, an important food for Aboriginal Australians.
    • One of these sketches shows a line of women digging for yam daisy, or murnong [Microseris lanceolata] tubers – a little sweet potato that was a staple vegetable of the Wathaurong.2018, Bruce Pascoe, Dark Emu, Scribe, published 2020, page 19

Forms of murnong

pluralmurnongs

Origin of murnong

From Wathaurong mirnang, Woiwurrung myrnong.

Questions about murnong

What does murnong mean?
Murnong means a perennial herb of temperate Australia, Microseris lanceolata, or its edible tuber, an important food for Aboriginal Australians.
What part of speech is murnong?
Murnong is a noun.
What is the plural of murnong?
The plural of murnong is murnongs.

Words near murnong in the dictionary

  1. Murnanes
  2. Murngic
  3. Murngin
  4. murnival
  5. murnivals
  6. murnong
  7. murnongs
  8. Murnungin
  9. Muro
  10. Muroc
  11. Muroc Dry Lake

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