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Quandong

The edible drupaceous fruit of an Australian tree (Fusanus acuminatus) of the Sandalwood family; -- called also quandang.

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Fruit 76% connected

Whatever is produced for the nourishment or enjoyment of man or animals by the processes of vegetable growth, as corn, grass, cotton, flax, etc.; --…

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Any perennial woody plant of considerable size (usually over twenty feet high) and growing with a single trunk.

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plants having seeds in a closed ovary

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Apophysis noun · 86% connection

(botany) a natural swelling or enlargement: at the base of the stalk or seta in certain mosses or on the cone scale of certain conifers

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Bast noun · 86% connection

(botany) tissue that conducts synthesized food substances (e.g., from leaves) to parts where needed; consists primarily of sieve tubes

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Biennial noun · 86% connection

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Coma noun · 86% connection

(botany) a usually terminal tuft of bracts (as in the pineapple) or tuft of hairs (especially on certain seeds)

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Corona noun · 86% connection

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Flowering plant noun · 86% connection

plants having seeds in a closed ovary

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Germ tube noun · 86% connection

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Leaf node noun · 86% connection

(botany) the small swelling that is the part of a plant stem from which one or more leaves emerge

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(botany) either of the two parts of a bilabiate corolla or calyx

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Araucaria noun · 78% connection

any of several tall South American or Australian trees with large cones and edible seeds

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Australian adjective · 78% connection

of or relating to or characteristic of Australia or its inhabitants or its languages; "Australian deserts"; "Australian aborigines"

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Baobab noun · 78% connection

African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread

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Bergamot noun · 78% connection

A tree of the Orange family (Citrus bergamia), having a roundish or pear-shaped fruit, from the rind of which an essential oil of deli…

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Butternut noun · 78% connection

An American tree (Juglans cinerea) of the Walnut family, and its edible fruit; -- so called from the oil contained in the latter. Some…

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Cacao noun · 78% connection

A small evergreen tree (Theobroma Cacao) of South America and the West Indies. Its fruit contains an edible pulp, inclosing seeds abou…

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Cashew noun · 78% connection

A tree (Anacardium occidentale) of the same family which the sumac. It is native in tropical America, but is now naturalized in all tr…

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Drupaceous adjective · 78% connection

Producing, or pertaining to, drupes; having the form of drupes; as, drupaceous trees or fruits.

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Drupal adjective · 78% connection

Drupaceous.

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Genipap noun · 78% connection

The edible fruit of a West Indian tree (Genipa Americana) of the order Rubiaceae. It is oval in shape, as a large as a small orange, o…

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Graft noun · 78% connection

A small shoot or scion of a tree inserted in another tree, the stock of which is to support and nourish it. The two unite and become o…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: edible, drupaceous, fruit, australian, tree.
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Hazel noun · 78% connection

Australian tree grown especially for ornament and its fine-grained wood and bearing edible nuts

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