murnong

English

Etymology

From Wathaurong mirnang, Woiwurrung mirnang.

Noun

murnong (plural murnongs)

1. (Australia) A perennial herb of temperate Australia, Microseris lanceolata, or its edible tuber, an important food for Aboriginal Australians. [from 19th c.]
   • 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.

See also

• yam, yam daisy