nardoo
/ˈnɑrdu/
noun
- A type of fern (Marsilea drummondii) native to Australia, whose spores were traditionally ground into flour by Aboriginal people.
- The explorers survived by eating nardoo cakes made from the fern spores.
- Aboriginal Australians have used nardoo as a food source for thousands of years.
- Nardoo grows in shallow water and is also called the common nardoo.