kurrajong
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 1.27 in modern English
21
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A peanut tree, Sterculia quadrifida, native to eastern coastal Australia; a red- or orange-fruited kurrajong.
Australian usage
name
A town in the Hawkesbury council area, south eastern New South Wales, Australia.
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "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."
- "The groves of Kurrajongs along the saddle of Mount Majura were founded last century."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
- Root: garrajung
Usage
Inflected Forms
Phrases
desert kurrajong
green kurrajong
kurrajong leaf roller
lace kurrajong
northern kurrajong
pink kurrajong
red-flowered kurrajong
red-fruited kurrajong