175: Native centaury . ), or Australian Opossums(q. Cupuliferae; but the name is applied to many otherkinds of Australian trees, viz. These roots areroasted and eaten by the aborigines; in taste they resemblebeet-root, and are sometimes called in the colony nativepotatoes.
The word isaboriginal, and has been spelt variously. made with Indian meal and toasted before a fire. Davies, `Poems and Literary Remains' (edition1884), p. Oxford English Dictionary, often formerly quoted as N.
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