burrawang

British

/ ˈbʌrəwæŋ /

noun

any of several Australian cycads of the genus Macrozamia , having an edible nut

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Etymology

Origin of burrawang

C19: from Mount Budawang , New South Wales

Example Sentences

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Based on the picture books by Ted Prior about a creature who starts life as the bushy top of a burrawang tree but becomes an actual being.

From Washington Post

Burrawang nut, so called because they used to be, and are to some extent now, very common about Burrawang, N.S.W.

From Project Gutenberg

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