Definition
A genus of Australian plants with small tuberous roots, sometimes used as a food source by Indigenous peoples.
Etymology
From a Dharug (Australian Aboriginal language) word referring to the plant; adopted into English botanical nomenclature in the 19th century.
Kelly Says
Deringa is a perfect example of how colonization brought Indigenous plant knowledge into Western science—the plant was used for thousands of years before Europeans gave it a Latin name!
Translations
ARالعربية
ديرينجا
di-ri-nga
BNবাংলা
দেরিঙ্গা
de-ri-nga
CACatalà
deringa
de-RIH-nga
CSČeština
deringa
de-RIH-nga
DADansk
deringa
de-RIH-nga
DEDeutsch
deringa
de-RIH-nga
ELΕλληνικά
ντερίγκα
ne-ri-ga
ESEspañol
deringa
de-RIN-ga
FAفارسی
دیرینگا
di-ri-nga
FISuomi
deringa
de-RIH-nga
FRFrançais
deringa
de-RIN-ga
HIहिन्दी
डेरिंगा
de-ri-nga
HUMagyar
deringa
de-RIH-nga
IDBahasa Indonesia
deringa
de-RIH-nga
ITItaliano
deringa
de-RIN-ga
MSBahasa Melayu
deringa
de-RIH-nga
NLNederlands
deringa
de-RIN-ga
NONorsk
deringa
de-RIH-nga
PLPolski
deringa
de-RIH-nga
PTPortuguês
deringa
de-RIN-ga
RORomână
deringa
de-RIN-ga
RUРусский
деринга
de-ri-nga
SVSvenska
deringa
de-RIH-nga
SWKiswahili
deringa
de-RIH-nga
TAதமிழ்
டெரிங்கா
te-ri-nga
TEతెలుగు
డెరింగ
de-ri-nga
THไทย
เดอริงกา
deo-ri-nga
TRTürkçe
deringa
de-RIH-nga
UKУкраїнська
деринга
de-ri-nga
VITiếng Việt
deringa
de-RIN-ga