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Moreton Bay noun phr. E19.
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Used attrib. to designate trees first found in the neighbourhood of Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia.
Moreton Bay chestnut a leguminous tree, Castanospermum australe, with racemes of yellow flowers and large woody pods (cf. black bean (b) s.v. BLACK adjective). Moreton Bay fig a fig tree, Ficus macrophylla, with large glossy leaves, often planted for shade in Australia. Moreton Bay pine the hoop pine, Araucaria cunninghamii.