/kerr"euh jong'/ , n.
an Australian bottle tree, Brachychiton populneus, having showy yellowish-white, bell-shaped flowers, grown as an ornamental.
Also, koorajong, currajong, currijong .
[ 1815-25; ga-ra-jun a fishing line, made from the bark of such trees, and perh. misinterpreted as the name of the tree ]