Definition of "kurrajong" []

• An Australian evergreen tree (Brachychiton populneus) having palmately lobed leaves, yellowish or reddish flowers, and long-stalked follicles. (noun)

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• "A ten-mile strip of special soil runs through it: a deep-red and grey sandy loam over a lime subsoil that grows cattle and kurrajong trees beautifully, said Eric, who grew both through his Cumberdeen years."
• "The sheets of bark, having holes pierced through each in pairs, were then tied on the rafters with cords twisted of the inner rind of the kurrajong tree."
• "From somewhere close by, a kurrajong warbled, and another joined in chorus."