different between quandong vs quantong
quandong
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?kwand??/, /?kw?nd??/
Etymology
From Wiradhuri guwandhang.
Noun
quandong (plural quandongs)
- Any of several species of Santalum:
- A small southern Australian shrub (Santalum acuminatum) or its edible red fruit. [from 19th c.]
- The bitter quandong (Santalum murrayanum) or its fruit. [from 19th c.]
- The desert quandong (Santalum lanceolatum) or its fruit.
- Any of many species of Elaeocarpus:
- blue quandong (Elaeocarpus angustifolius) or its fruit. [from 20th c.]
- Arnhem Land quandong, bony quandong (Elaeocarpus arnhemicus)
- Kuranda quandong (Elaeocarpus bancroftii)
- brown quandong (Elaeocarpus coorangooloo)
- smooth-leaved quandong, eumundi (Elaeocarpus eumundi)
- quandong (Elaeocarpus ferruginiflorus)
- white quandong, Northern quandong (Elaeocarpus foveolatus)
- brush quandong, blue quandong, white quandong, quandong (Elaeocarpus grandis)
- mountain quandong (Elaeocarpus holopetalus )
- Kuranda quandong (Elaeocarpus johnsonii)
- brown-hearted quandong (Elaeocarpus kirtonii)
- white quandong (Elaeocarpus kirtonii)
- tropical quandong (Elaeocarpus largiflorens)
- hard quandong (Elaeocarpus obovatus)
- Ash quandong (Elaeocarpus reticulatus)
- brown quandong, grey quandong (Elaeocarpus ruminatus)
- Northern quandong, hard quandong, Northern hard quandong (Elaeocarpus sericopetalus)
- hairy quandong (Elaeocarpus williamsianus)
- highroot quandong (Aceratium concinnum)
- buff guandong, grey quandong (Peripentadenia mearsii)
- (Australia slang, now rare) A confidence trickster. [from 20th c.]
- 1985, Peter Carey, Illywhacker, Faber and Faber 2003, p. 228:
- ‘A spieler,’ Leah gently loosened the painful crab hold of the boy's hand. ‘[…] A trickster. A quandong. A ripperty man. A con-man.’
- 1985, Peter Carey, Illywhacker, Faber and Faber 2003, p. 228:
quandong From the web:
quantong
English
Noun
quantong (plural quantongs)
- Alternative form of quandong
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