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Leichhardt

British  
/ ˈlaɪkˌhɑːt, ˈlaiçhart /

noun

  1. Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig (ˈfriːdrɪç ˈvɪlhɛlm ˈluːtvɪç). 1813–48, Australian explorer, born in Prussia. He disappeared during an attempt to cross Australia from East to West

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A cousin to the Australian native that Leichhardt encountered, pandan has long been cultivated in Southeast Asia but never been found spontaneously occurring, without human intervention, in the wild.

From New York Times • Sep. 6, 2021

Leichhardt disappeared two and a half years later, at age 34, trying to cross the continent, and his experiment in eating Pandanus failed to earn it a spot in the Western canon of cuisine.

From New York Times • Sep. 6, 2021

Leichhardt coach Power concedes that if you were to watch the early days of MMA now, “it looks pretty crass”.

From The Guardian • Aug. 3, 2019

Leichhardt Federal MP and former crocodile farmer Warren Entsch says few people understand the crocodile industry and "it's easy to bring emotional claptrap".

From BBC • Feb. 11, 2016

D. Bunce, `Travels with Leichhardt in Australia,' p.

From Austral English A dictionary of Australasian words, phrases and usages with those aboriginal-Australian and Maori words which have become incorporated in the language, and the commoner scientific words that have had their origin in Australasia by Morris, Edward Ellis

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