单词 | munyeroo |
释义 | munyeroon. Australian. Either of two small succulent plants of the family Portulacaceae, Calandrinia balonensis (also called parakeelya), and (now usually) purslane, Portulaca oleracea. Also: a paste made from the ground-up seeds of either of these plants mixed with water, formerly used as food by Australian Aboriginal people. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > prepared vegetables and dishes > [noun] > other vegetable dishes moose1568 bubble and squeak1762 poipoi1769 smash1785 poi1798 chartreuse1806 mescal1831 bhaji1832 luau1843 stelk1843 macédoine1846 peyote1849 chiffonade1877 mirepoix1877 munyeroo1878 tzimmes1892 maror1893 red flannel hash1902 subgum1902 Roquefort salad1907 caponata1931 pakora1932 Imam Bayildi1935 ratatouille niçoise1938 cauliflower cheese1940 vegeburger1945 saag aloo1967 githeri1973 aloo gobi1974 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular fodder plants > [noun] > other fodder plants mutter1875 munyeroo1878 guar1882 prickly comfrey1888 kudzu1893 Townsville lucerne1925 1878 Yorkes Peninsula Advertiser (Moonta, S. Austral.) 30 July 244/3 Supper consisted of a plant they call ‘munyeroo’, cooked in the ashes..and bread made from the ‘bowah’ seed. 1896 E. C. Stirling in B. Spencer Rep. Horn Sci. Exped. Central Austral. iv. 56 In these districts ‘Mŭnyeru’ takes the place of the spore cases of ‘Nardoo’.., which is so much used in the Barcoo and other districts to the south and east. 1934 A. Russell Tramp-royal in Wild Austral. xx. 127 The munyeroo, a form of pigweed, was also plentiful... The natives collect the seed in large quantities and pound it into flour for bread; they also eat the leaves fresh, both as a food and to relieve thirst. 1941 I. L. Idriess Great Boomerang xxiii. 174 Some passing shower has fallen here, and the yellow gold is the munyeroo plant in flower. 1956 Landfall 10 97 Small black and brown munyeru seeds. 1976 B. Scott Compl. Bk. Austral. Folk Lore 376 I've starved on yowah and munyeroo. 1994 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 7 Jan. 8 These mythical storytelling landscapes..depict plants, snakes, seeds, sacred woolly-butt and munyeroo grasses and sandhills. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1878 |
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