Webster's 1913 Dictionary
NARDOO
NARDOO Nar *doo ", n. (Bot. )
Defn: An Australian name for Marsilea Drummondii, a four-leaved cryptogamous plant, sometimes used for food.
New American Oxford Dictionary
nardoo
nardoo |nɑːˈduː, ˈnɑːduː | ▶noun 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. ●Marsilea drummondii, family Marsiliaceae. • [ mass noun ] a food made from the spores of the nardoo, traditionally eaten by Aborigines: [ as modifier ] : nardoo flour. ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: from an Aboriginal language.
Oxford Dictionary
nardoo
nardoo |nɑːˈduː, ˈnɑːduː | ▶noun 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. ●Marsilea drummondii, family Marsiliaceae. • [ mass noun ] a food made from the spores of the nardoo, traditionally eaten by Aborigines: [ as modifier ] : nardoo flour. ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: from an Aboriginal language.
Spanish Dictionary
nardo
nardo nombre masculino 1 Planta de jardín de tallo sencillo y recto, hojas radicales y largas, que se prolongan como si fueran escamas, flores agrupadas en espigas y fruto en cápsula :el nardo se cultiva en países intertropicales y se emplea en perfumería .2 Flor de esta planta, en forma de embudo, de color blanco y muy aromática, en especial durante la noche .
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