murnong

English

Etymology

From Wathaurong mirnang, Woiwurrung mirnang.

Noun

murnong (plural murnongs)

(Australia) A perennial herb of temperate Australia, Microseris lanceolata, or its edible tuber, an important food for Aboriginal Australians. [from 19th c.]
- 2018, Bruce Pascoe, Dark Emu, Scribe, published 2020, page 19:
  One of these sketches shows a line of women digging for yam daisy, or murnong [Microseris lanceolata] tubers – a little sweet potato that was a staple vegetable of the Wathaurong.

See also

yam, yam daisy

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