wonga-wonga

wonga-wonga
/wong"euh wong"euh/, n.
a woody Australian vine, Pandorea pandorana, of the bignonia family, having showy clusters of yellowish-white flowers streaked with purple.
[1890-95; by ellipsis from wonga-wonga vine, perh. to be identified with wonga-wonga a kind of pigeon < Dharuk wa-na-wa-na]

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