murnong
English
editEtymology
editFrom Wathaurong mirnang, Woiwurrung mirnang.
Noun
editmurnong (plural murnongs)
- (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.