yam daisy

noun

Synonym of murnong.

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First used 20th c.

Meanings

nounyam daisy (plural yam daisies)

plural yam daisies

  1. Synonym of murnong.First known use 20th c.

    Colonist Isaac Batey, when commenting on the disappearance of the yam daisy, remembers the women harvesting and washing the tubers in vast quantities.

    2018, Bruce Pascoe, Dark Emu, Scribe, published 2020, page 21

    Synonyms: murnong

Synonyms & antonyms

nounSynonym of murnong.

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yam daisy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/yam%20daisy

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