burrawang

/ ˈbʌrəwæŋ /

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of burrawang¹

C19: from Mount Budawang , New South Wales

Example Sentences

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.

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

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