buddawong

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

n.


a variation of burrawang (q.v.).

1877. Australie, `The Buddawong's Crown,' `Australian Poets,'1788-1888, ed. Sladen, p. 39:

«A Buddawong seed-nut fell to earth,

In a cool and mossy glade,

And in spring it shot up its barbed green swords,

Secure 'neath the myrtle's shade.

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

And the poor, poor palm has died indeed.

But little the strangers care,

`There are zamias in plenty more,' they say,

But the crown is a beauty rare.»