burrawang
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Dharug buruwang.
Noun
[edit]burrawang (plural burrawangs)
- (Australia) Any of various cycads of the genera Macrozamia and Cycas, especially Macrozamia communis, a tree with fronds yielding edible nuts. [from 18th c.]
- 2018, Bruce Pascoe, Dark Emu, Scribe, published 2020, page 150:
- Another plant that is toxic if left untreated is the burrawang (Zamia spiralis [syn. of Macrozamia spiralis]).