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单词 munyeroo
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munyeroon.

Brit. /mʌnjəˈruː/, U.S. /ˌmənjəˈru/, Australian English /mʌnjəˈruː/
Forms: 1800s– munyeroo, 1800s– munyeru.
Origin: A borrowing from Diyari. Etymon: Diyari manyurra.
Etymology: < Diyari (South Australia) (and related languages) manyurra.
Australian.
Either of two small succulent plants of the family Portulacaceae, Calandrinia balonensis (also called parakeelya), and (now usually) purslane, Portulaca oleracea. Also: a paste made from the ground-up seeds of either of these plants mixed with water, formerly used as food by Australian Aboriginal people.
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1878 Yorkes Peninsula Advertiser (Moonta, S. Austral.) 30 July 244/3 Supper consisted of a plant they call ‘munyeroo’, cooked in the ashes..and bread made from the ‘bowah’ seed.
1896 E. C. Stirling in B. Spencer Rep. Horn Sci. Exped. Central Austral. iv. 56 In these districts ‘Mŭnyeru’ takes the place of the spore cases of ‘Nardoo’.., which is so much used in the Barcoo and other districts to the south and east.
1934 A. Russell Tramp-royal in Wild Austral. xx. 127 The munyeroo, a form of pigweed, was also plentiful... The natives collect the seed in large quantities and pound it into flour for bread; they also eat the leaves fresh, both as a food and to relieve thirst.
1941 I. L. Idriess Great Boomerang xxiii. 174 Some passing shower has fallen here, and the yellow gold is the munyeroo plant in flower.
1956 Landfall 10 97 Small black and brown munyeru seeds.
1976 B. Scott Compl. Bk. Austral. Folk Lore 376 I've starved on yowah and munyeroo.
1994 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 7 Jan. 8 These mythical storytelling landscapes..depict plants, snakes, seeds, sacred woolly-butt and munyeroo grasses and sandhills.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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