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bunya-bunya

[ buhn-yuh-buhn-yuh ]

noun

  1. an evergreen tree, Araucaria bidwilli, of Australia, having stiff, sharp, glossy needles in distinct rows, grown as an ornamental in warm regions.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of bunya-bunya1

1835–45; < Wiradjuri bunya
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Example Sentences

Among the Turribul there was individual property in bunya-bunya trees; these too devolved from father to son34.

One of the most remarkable trees they met with was the bunya-bunya, a species of pine.

Another species, A. Bidwillii, or the bunya-bunya, afforded food in its nut-like seeds to the aborigines.

That part of the country where these trees most abound is called the Bunya-Bunya country.

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