Words for Category: Plants

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*nyurra-nyurra

red raddle, ochre

paleng

log, fallen timber

*mirrwan

yam, native dandelong, native daisy,

*ngunity-ngunity

native pear

*taləm-taləm

nardoo

tilany

dillon-bush, 'wild grape'

tyerri

seed of plants

*yalam

plant: with edible root, wild carrot,

**yaləm

mushroom

pithikal

quandong

*wurt-wurt

bulrush

wutya

sap, resin of wattle trees

**katila-warən

dogwood gum

kuthu

bitter quandong 'ming',

marrung

tree: Murray pine, Callitris columellaris

*mityern

white box

*ngurrel

dogwood

pen

hollow tree

pep

white gum tree

piyal

red gum, also 'tree' in general, stick

pumbəl

blossom, flowers on trees

purrəmbang

root (of trees)

*purrung

tree: small mallee with dark wood inside

kira-kumba-wil

Water Pepper

tanyu

tree: black mallee

tulu

tree-stump, a small stumpy person, little, stumpy

tyaler, tyalerr

tree: general term; timber, large branch

werpuk

tree-trunk

*yenartet-kurrk

Native Cherry Tree

punurtuk

Mallee: Eucalyptus dumosa, stunted form

karrən

lignum

*kiwarra

broombush

*tyup

prickly pink blossomed shrub

*wiya

water-root mallee

**mayit

bastard saltbush

*tyulern

saltbush

puyup

pigface

wanggəl

reed-bed, a mass of cumbungi

*wityərrum

waterlily, large

pungurt

wire-rush used for basket-making

ngarrəli

water-weed, water ribbon

*pilerm

waterlily, small yellow

purtity

root of reed-mace or Cumbungi

*kunaty

marshmallow

keng

rushes

kira

leaves, foliage of trees

*mitip

cottonbush

*kunert

cottonweed, ground cudweed

*manək-manək

trefoil

*ngarrety-ngarrety

plant: 'oil weed'

perk-perk

prickles

*pityən-pityən

camomile

poty, poəty

grass

**powern

barley grass

*tyin

needlebush

*winmur, winmu

sowthistle

*terrki-tyaləm

nettle

walurk

porcupine grass

kapel-kup

River Mint

*tyil-tyil

water weed, deep green coloured and slimy

tyarrk

reed

*purrwity

tree: alternative name for the small mallee

yanap

myall, tree