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Queenslandn.

Brit. /ˈkwiːnzlənd/, /ˈkwiːnzland/, U.S. /ˈkwinzlənd/, /ˈkwinzˌlænd/, Australian English /ˈkwiːnzlənd/, /ˈkwiːnzlænd/
Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Queensland.
Etymology: < Queensland, the name of a state in north-eastern Australia.The state is so called after Queen Victoria (see Victoria n.2), in whose reign it was separated from New South Wales in 1859.
Australian.
1. In the names of plants occurring in Queensland or products obtained from them.
a. Queensland nut n. either of two Australian trees of the genus Macadamia (family Proteaceae), M. integrifolia and M. tetraphylla, valued for their edible nuts; a nut from either of these trees.
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the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > fruit or a fruit > nut > [noun] > other nuts
mani1604
nuciprune1682
breadnut?1740
buckeye1785
mockernut1804
breadnut1828
philopena1839
nutlet1848
Barcelona nut1851
buffalo-nut1857
urucuri1860
Queensland nut1870
the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > edible nuts or nut-trees > [noun] > macadamia nut > macadamia nut tree
Macadamia1858
Queensland nut1870
1870 Illustr. Sydney News 6 June 3/1 The Government have proclaimed that the cutting and removal of certain timber, named the ‘Bunya Bunya’ and the ‘Queensland nut’ is now absolutely prohibited.
1928 E. H. F. Swain Timber & Forest Products Queensland 472 The Queensland Nut is one of the finest edible nuts.
1950 N.Z. Jrnl. Agric. Dec. 527/1 A number of Queensland nut trees growing in Northland are producing good crops annually.
1989 L. Cronin Conc. Austral. Flora 155 Macadamia integrifolia. Macadamia, Queensland or Bopple Nut... A rainforest tree, although widely cultivated commercially.
b. Queensland hemp n. Paddy's lucerne, Sida rhombifolia.
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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > non-British plants or herbs > [noun] > Australasian > other Australian plants
lechenaultia1814
spear-grass1847
Spaniard1851
acroclinium1852
fuchsia1866
scrub vine1866
bayonet grass1868
Scotchman1872
Queensland hemp1876
Spanish soldier1901
bindi-eye1911
scab weed1927
1876 Daily Free Press (Winnipeg) 13 June 4/1 Examples of the thick evenfibred Gida Rebusa or Queensland hemp.
1920 J. H. Maiden Weeds New S. Wales 58 Paddy's Lucerne or Queensland Hemp..is of course not a hemp nor is it confined to Queensland, but let that pass.
1965 Austral. Encycl. VIII. 127/2 S. rhombifolia (Queensland hemp or Paddy's lucerne) is widespread in the tropics of both hemispheres.
c. Queensland bean n. = matchbox bean n. at matchbox n. Compounds 2.
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1883 Proc. Linn. Soc. New S. Wales 1882 7 139 Entada scandens..is the well-known ‘Queensland Bean’, the large seeds of which are made into match boxes.
1905 A. Searcy In Northern Seas 29 On the beach I found a Queensland bean just sprouting.
1988 Advertiser (Adelaide) (Nexis) 4 Oct. The perfume bottles were made from hollowed-out Queensland beans.
d. Queensland plum n. (more fully Queensland plum tree) either of two Australian trees bearing plumlike fruit, Owenia venosa (family Meliaceae) and Pleiogynium timorense (family Anacardiaceae). Obsolete. rare.
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1884 W. Miller Dict. Eng. Names Plants 110/1 Plum-tree, Queensland, Sour, Owenia venosa. Plum-tree, Queensland, Sweet, Owenia cerasifera.
1889 J. H. Maiden Useful Native Plants Austral. 49 Queensland Plum, Sweet Plum. This plant bears a fine juicy red fruit with a large stone.
e. Queensland kauri n. a tall kauri pine, Agathis robusta (family Araucariaceae).
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the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > Australasian trees > [noun] > evergreens
pine1788
angophora1804
ohia1815
pate1832
pohutukawa1832
Moreton Bay chestnut1836
Olearia1839
horopito1847
ramarama1848
matipo1853
white pine1856
musk tree1866
manoao1867
patete1867
puka1867
rangiora1867
tawhiri1872
tarata1876
lemon-wood1879
Otago ivy-tree1883
horizontal1888
lehua1888
inanga1889
mountain pine1889
puka1889
Queensland kauri1889
sheep-bush1889
wilga1889
mutton-bird tree1891
tree-daisy1926
society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > wood of specific trees > [noun] > pine > types of
bog fir1770
ocote1787
Georgia pine1796
Labrador pine1803
pumpkin pine1809
Banksian pine1831
bog-pine1842
tamarack pine1843
tamarack1864
Baltic pine1866
Norway pine1866
slash-pine1882
Queensland kauri1889
krummholz1908
fat-wood1909
1889 J. H. Maiden Useful Native Plants Austral. 414Queensland Kauri’, or ‘Dundathu Pine’. Wood of a light yellow colour..largely used by joiners and cabinet-makers.
1932 R. S. Troup Exotic Forest Trees in Brit. Empire 32 Agathis robusta..Queensland kauri. A very large tree attaining 160 ft. in height.
2005 Los Angeles Times (Nexis) 7 July f3 You can see the tallest Queensland kauri (Agathis robusta) in the continental U.S., a neck-bending 120 feet high.
f. Queensland poplar n. the native poplar, Omalanthus nutans; cf. poplar n. 3(b). rare.
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the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > tree or shrub groups > poplars and allies > [noun] > Australian poplar
mustard tree1619
poplar1700
horseradish tree1859
native poplar1889
Queensland poplar1890
radish tree1898
1890 Cent. Dict. at Poplar Queensland poplar.
1951 Dict. Gardening (Royal Hort. Soc.) II. 1006/2 H[omalanthus] populifolius. Queensland Poplar. Shrub of 6 ft.
g. Queensland maple n. either of two evergreen trees of the genus Flindersia (family Rutaceae), F. brayleyana and F. pimenteliana; the wood of either of these trees, used in cabinetmaking.
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the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > tree or shrub groups > maples > [noun]
maple treeOE
maplec1385
plane tree1562
great maple1597
sycamore-tree1597
sycamore1598
sugar-tree1705
sugar maple1731
red maple1767
scarlet maple1768
rock maple1774
white maple1774
silk wood1775
moosewood1778
mountain maple1785
box elder1787
acer1793
sycamore maple1796
mock plane1797
Montpellier maple1797
water maple1803
soft maple1806
sugar-wood1809
swamp maple1810
low maple1813
maple bush1821
Neapolitan maple1833
snake-bark1838
moose-maple1839
sap-tree1843
Manitoba maple1887
Japanese maple1898
curly maple1909
Queensland maple1915
paperbark maple1927
Amur maple1934
society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > wood of specific trees > [noun] > maple > types of
peacock's tail1664
sugar maple1731
curled maple1778
bird's eye maple1793
soft maple1806
Queensland maple1915
tiger maple1961
1915 Frederick (Maryland) Post 19 Nov. 8/1 Another unusual timber product is the Queensland Maple, resembling the eastern maple in grain and polish but carrying out the birdseye effect in tones suggestive of the Italian walnut.
1934 W. A. Osborne Visitor to Austral. 67 The Queensland maple, really allied to mahogany, gives a wood much in demand for panelling and furniture.
1981 A. B. Cribb & J. W. Cribb Useful Wild Plants Austral. 135 Queensland maple is one of the most highly regarded and widely used cabinet timbers in Australia.
h. Queensland walnut n. the wood of the evergreen tree Endiandra palmerstonii (family Lauraceae), which resembles walnut; the tree itself.
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular timber trees or shrubs > non-British timber trees > [noun] > Australasian
tallow-tree1704
rata1773
rosewood1779
red mahogany1798
ironbark1799
wild orange1802
red gum1803
rewarewa1817
red cedar1818
black-butted gum1820
Huon pine1820
miro1820
oak1821
horoeka1831
hinau1832
maire1832
totara1832
blackbutt1833
marri1833
raspberry jam tree1833
kohekohe1835
puriri1835
tawa1839
hickory1840
whau1840
pukatea1841
titoki1842
butterbush1843
iron gum1844
York gum1846
mangeao1848
myall1848
ironheart1859
lilly-pilly1860
belah1862
flindosa1862
jarrah1866
silky oak1866
teak of New South Wales1866
Tolosa-wood1866
turmeric-tree1866
walking-stick palm1869
tooart1870
queenwood1873
tarairi1873
boree1878
yate1880
axe-breaker1884
bangalay1884
coachwood1884
cudgerie1884
feather-wood1884
forest mahogany1884
maiden's blush1884
swamp mahogany1884
tallow-wood1884
teak of New Zealand1884
wandoo1884
heartwood1885
ivorywood1887
Jimmy Low1887
Burdekin plum1889
corkwood1889
pigeon-berry ash1889
red beech1889
silver beech1889
turnip-wood1891
black bean1895
red bean1895
pinkwood1898
poplar1898
rose mahogany1898
quandong1908
lancewood1910
New Zealand honeysuckle1910
Queensland walnut1919
mahogany gum1944
Australian mahogany1948
society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > wood of specific trees > [noun] > walnut > types of
oyster walnut1917
Queensland walnut1919
1919 R. T. Baker Hardwoods Austral. ii. 339 Cryptocarya Palmerstoni..‘Queensland Walnut’..is fairly heavy, of a chocolate colour, approaching English and American Walnut..takes a good polish, and possesses a fine figure.
1967 A. Rule Forests Austral. xii. 140 Australia's cabinet timbers—Queensland walnut, Queensland maple,..and so forth—were found to make fine sliced veneers.
1983 Biotropica 15 97 The best local example of seed longevity in primary forest trees is Endiandra palmerstonii (Queensland walnut) which produces large seeds..with woody endocarps.
2. Queensland sore n. a poorly healing sore symptomatic of scurvy. Now historical.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > injury > [noun] > sore
sorec1000
cweise?c1225
sorancec1440
shoyn1527
uncome1542
sorance1592
rawness1607
button farcy1673
fleck1695
raw1825
cold sore1842
bed-sore1861
fox1862
pressure sore1889
Queensland sore1892
salt sore1908
salt-burn1917
pressure point1929
1892 G. L. James Shall I try Australia? xxiv. 242Queensland Sores’..are, I believe, generally attributed to excessive thinness and poverty of the blood, caused by the great heat and an absence of vegetable diet.
1945 S. J. Baker Austral. Lang. iii. 62 Barcoo rot, Kennedy rot or Queensland sore, a festering sore difficult to cure under inland conditions—it rapidly disappears when the sufferer eats plenty of fruit or green vegetables.
2001 J. Robinson Voices of Queensland iii. 73 Barcoo sore, also called Queensland sore. An ulcer on the skin symptomatic of Barcoo rot.
3. Queensland heeler n. an Australian cattle dog; cf. Queensland blue n. 1.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > sheepdog > [noun] > Australian cattle-dog
cattle-dog1878
bluey1879
blue heeler1900
Queensland heeler1905
Australian cattle-dog1926
Queensland blue heeler1956
1905 Ovens & Murray Advertiser (Beechworth, Austral.) 30 Sept. Lost,..a yellow and grey spotted slut, Queensland heeler, about eight months old.
1966 ‘J. Hackston’ Father clears Out 116 Patting the Queensland heeler..that was..to be rechristened later on, ‘lousy mongrel’.
2010 Porterville (Calif.) Recorder 7 July 16 Rosalina is a large black and grey female Queensland Heeler who is very sick.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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