Definition of "nardoo" [‖Nar•doo]

• Marsilea drummondii, a four-leaved cryptogamous plant sometimes used for food. (noun)

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• "They sat down to consider their position, and Burke said he had heard that the natives of Cooper's Creek lived chiefly on the seed of a plant which they called nardoo; so that, if they could only find a native tribe, they might, perhaps, learn to find sufficient subsistence from the soil around them."
• "After this the blacks became less troublesome, or rather they seemed to accept the fact of these strangers living among them, and occasionally they would come up to the camp with gifts of fish and nardoo cakes."
• "Others in your position might have thought that, being stronger than the rest of the party -- able perhaps to pursue game, catch fish, or to pound nardoo -- it would have been consistent with duty to escape to the nearest settlement, perhaps with the vague idea of sending back assistance to your comrades."