tuckeroo

English

Tuckeroo (Cupaniopsis anacardioides) foliage and seeds

Wikispecies

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Noun

tuckeroo (plural tuckeroos)

1. A flowering tree, Cupaniopsis anacardioides, native to northern and eastern Australia.
   • 1993, Geoff Williams, Terry Evans, Hidden Rainforests: Subtropical Rainforests and Their Invertebrate Diversity‎^[1], page 60:

     Two canopy-forming trees, Tuckeroo (Cupaniopsis anacardioides), and Coast Banksia (Banksia integrifolia var. integrifolia), are typical of these latter rainforests.

   • 2008, Ryan Ver Berkmoes, East Coast Australia‎^[2], page 267:

     You can sit in the shade of the tuckeroo tree.