yam daisy

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yam daisy (plural yam daisies)

  1. Synonym of murnong [from 20th c.]
    • 2018, Bruce Pascoe, Dark Emu, Scribe, published 2020, page 21:
      Colonist Isaac Batey, when commenting on the disappearance of the yam daisy, remembers the women harvesting and washing the tubers in vast quantities.