Port Arthur plum
/pɔːt ˌɑːθə ˈplʌm/noun
A Tasmanian shrub or small tree, Cenarrhenes nitida (family Proteaceae), that bears large purple fleshy fruit.
Origin
Mid 19th century; earliest use found in John Lindley (1799–1865), botanist and horticulturist. From Port Arthur, the name of an inlet in Tasmania (the site of a former penal colony) + plum.
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- inswinger
- inswinging
- int.
- autonym
- auto-off
- auto-ophthalmoscope
- auto-oxidisable
- auto-oxidizable
- auto pact
- autopathography
- autopathy
- autopen
- autophagic
- autophagic vacuole
- autophagosome
- autophagous
- autophagy
- autophile
- autophon
- autophone
- autophonic
- autophony
- autophosphorylated
- autophosphorylation