Austral English / A dictionary of Australasian words, phrases and usages with those aboriginal-Australian and Maori words which have become incorporated in the language, and the commoner scientific words that have had their origin in Australasia

by Edward Ellis Morris

Long-billed Stone P.—
<i>Esacus magnirostris</i>, Geoff.

Masked P.—
<i>Lobivanellus personatus</i>, Gould.

Spur-winged P.—
<i>Lobivanellus lobatus</i>, Lath.

Stone P.—
<i>OEdicnemus grallarius</i>, Lath.

And in New Zealand—Red-breasted Plover, <i>Charadrius obscurus</i>, Gmel. (Maori name, <i>Tututuriwhata</i>); Crook-billed, <i>Anarhynchus frontalis</i>, Quoy and Gaim. The authorities vary in the vernacular names and in the scientific classification. See also <i>Sand-Plover</i> and <i>Wry-billed-Plover</i>.

<hw>Plum</hw>, <i>n</i>. sometimes called <i>Acacia Plum</i>, a timber tree, <i>Eucryphia moorei</i>, F. v. M., <i>N.O. Saxifrageae</i>; called also <i>Acacia</i> and "<i>White Sally</i>."

<hw>Plum, Black</hw>, <i>n</i>. the fruit of the tree <i>Cargillia australis</i>, R. Br., <i>N.O. Ebenaceae</i>.

1889. J. H. Maiden, `Useful Native Plants,' p. 14:

"The fruits are of the size of a large plum and of a dark purple colour. They are eaten by the aboriginals."

<hw>Plum, Burdekin</hw>, or <hw>Sweet Plum</hw>, <i>n</i>. a timber tree, <i>Spondias pleiogyna</i>, F. v. M., <i>N.O. Anacardiaceae</i>. Wood like American walnut.