nardoo

nardoo
[nɑːˈduː, ˈnɑːduː]
noun
  1. an Australian fern with long stalks bearing either silvery-green clover-like lobes or woody globular cases containing spores, growing typically in water in areas of intermittent flooding
    大柄苹
  2. Marsilea drummondii, family Marsiliaceae
    拉丁名Marsilea drummondii,苹科
    ■[mass noun]a food made from the spores of this fern, eaten by Aboriginals
    大柄苹孢子粉
    [as modifier]nardoo flour.
    大柄苹孢子粉面。
语源
  1. mid 19th cent.: from an Aboriginal language
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