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murnongs

murnongs is the plural of murnong.

Meaning of murnong

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

Questions about murnongs

What is murnongs the plural of?
Murnongs is the plural of murnong.

Words near murnongs in the dictionary

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

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