alunqua

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noun

A twining plant, Marsdenia australis, native to Australia.

OriginEastern Arrernte alangkwe →
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Meanings

nounalunqua (plural alunquas)

plural alunquas

  1. A twining plant, Marsdenia australis, native to Australia.
  2. The fruit of the alunqua; bush cucumber, bush banana.

    Another common bush delicacy was the alunqua, some call it the bush cucumber.

    1937, Michael Terry, Sand and Sun: Two Gold-hunting Expeditions with Camels in the Dry Lands of Central Australia

Origin

  1. Eastern Arrerntealangkwe
  2. Englishalunqua

From Eastern Arrernte alangkwe, the name for the fruit.

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APA

alunqua. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/alunqua

MLA

“alunqua.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/alunqua. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “alunqua,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/alunqua.

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