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.

Word History and Origins

Origin of bunya-bunya¹

1835–45; < Wiradjuri bunya

Example Sentences

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

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

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

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