Kurrajong
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Kurrajong is a noun meaning (Australia) Any of a number of species of tree or shrub in the genus Brachychiton.
Meaning
(Australia) Any of a number of species of tree or shrub in the genus Brachychiton.
More Meanings
- (Australia) A peanut tree, Sterculia quadrifida, native to eastern coastal Australia; a red- or orange-fruited kurrajong.
Example Sentences
The groves of Kurrajongs along the saddle of Mount Majura were founded last century.
From the mallee and kurrajong trees came a rowdy chatter of parakeets, while queer soughing of air-currents came from the valley top.
The black kurrajong has a fibrous bark that Aboriginal artefact-makers used as a raw material to make string for their lines and carry-bags.
My young friend, Master Keith McKeown, now finds this beetle under the stones about the roots of the kurrajong at Wagga, and also sheltering during the winter in the seed-pods on the trees.
Word Forms
- kurrajongs
Synonyms for kurrajong
Depending on context, synonyms include currajong.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include currajong, currijong, curryjong, koorajong, bottletree, brigalow.
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