Meanings
- AustraliaA tall rainforest tree of eastern Australia (Sloanea australis: Oxalidales).
We would want mountain ash or white ash for spars; blue fig for struts; cudgerie for the fuselage.
1985, Peter Carey, Illywhacker, Faber and Faber, published 2003, page 104Synonyms: maiden's blush, blush alder, blush carrabeen, blush carrobean
- Australiasilver ash, bumpy ash (Flindersia schottiana), a tree of Queensland.
Synonyms: flindosy-beech, floppy-leaf-ash, mountain-ash, northern silver-ash, southern silver-ash
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA tall rainforest tree of eastern Australia (Sloanea australis: Oxalidales).
nounsilver ash, bumpy ash (Flindersia schottiana), a tree of Queensland.
Origin
- Bandjalanggajari
- Englishcudgerie
Probably from Bandjalang gajari.
More words from Bandjalang
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cudgerie. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cudgerie
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