bunya

/ ˈbʌnjə /

noun

1. Also called: bunya-bunya.  bunya-bunya pine. a tall dome-shaped Australian coniferous tree, Araucaria bidwillii , having edible cones ( bunya nuts ) and thickish flattened needles

Word History and Origins

Origin of bunya¹

C19: from a native Australian language

Example Sentences

So too did a “bunya bunya” tree — a pine, not a palm, but it deserves mention here if only because an Australian tree authority quoted in the same Times story about the Sabal tree assured Angelenos that while the bunya bunya’s nuts are edible, “a prolonged diet of these nuts tend to cannibalism.”

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One emblematic aspect for which Hackford takes sole credit is the invention of the symbolic El Pino, the bunya pine tree that became an East Los landmark through the film.

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Instead, it was a towering bunya tree on the corner of Folsom and Indiana streets nicknamed “El Pino” — the Pine.

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“My immune system is compromised, so I will likely keep wearing a mask for the next few months,” Bunya said.

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Nearby, 56-year-old Westminster resident Irene Bunya said she disagrees with the county’s decision to lift the mask requirement.

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