alunqua
English
Noun
alunqua (plural alunquas)
- A twining plant, Marsdenia australis, native to Australia.
- The fruit of the alunqua; bush cucumber, bush banana.
- 1937: Michael Terry, Sand and Sun: Two Gold-hunting Expeditions with Camels in the Dry Lands of Central Australia
- Another common bush delicacy was the alunqua, some call it the bush cucumber.
- 1937: Michael Terry, Sand and Sun: Two Gold-hunting Expeditions with Camels in the Dry Lands of Central Australia
References
- Australian National Dictionary.