Burdekinn.
/ˈbəːdɪkɪn/ a. Burdekin plum n. an Australian timber tree (see quots.).
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1889 J. H. Maiden Useful Native Plants Austral. 599 Spondias pleiogyna, ‘Sweet Plum’, or ‘Burdekin Plum’.
1902 Encycl. Brit. XXXII. 108/1 Other orders..furnish equally serviceable, large-sized timber, particularly the following:..‘Burdekin Plum’ (Pleiogynium Solandri), [etc.].
1963 Austral. Encycl. I. 174/2 Burdekin plum (Pleiogynium cerasiferum) is a very common tree in coastal Queensland from about the Burnett River northwards.
b. Burdekin vine n. an Australian vine, Vitis (Cissus) opaca, bearing large edible tubers, also called round yam.
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Burdekin vine1889
1889 J. H. Maiden Useful Native Plants Austral. 67 Vitis Opaca, ‘Burdekin Vine’, ‘Round Yam’.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online January 2018).
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