murnong
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English
Etymology
From Wathaurong mirnang, Woiwurrung myrnong.[1]
Noun
murnong (plural murnongs)
- (Australia) A perennial herb of temperate Australia, Microseris lanceolata, or its edible tuber, an important food for Aboriginal Australians.
- 2018, Bruce Pascoe, Dark Emu, Scribe, published 2020, page 19:
- One of these sketches shows a line of women digging for yam daisy, or murnong [Microseris lanceolata] tubers – a little sweet potato that was a staple vegetable of the Wathaurong.
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References
- ^ B. Gott & J. Conran, Victorian Koorie Plants, 1991, p6