bunya-bunya

American  

[buhn-yuh-buhn-yuh] / ˈbʌn yəˈbʌn yə /

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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Etymology

Origin of bunya-bunya

1835–45; < Wiradjuri bunya

Example Sentences

Like Jorge Ochoa, a horticulture professor at Long Beach City College, who suggested the tree he gets asked to identify most: a huge araucaria, also known as a bunya-bunya, that appears in the film “Blood In, Blood Out” and is an icon of East L.A.

From Los Angeles Times

Like Jorge Ochoa, a horticulture professor at Long Beach City College, who suggested the tree he gets asked to identify most: a huge araucaria, also known as a bunya-bunya, that appears in the film “Blood In, Blood Out,” and is an icon of East L.A.

From Los Angeles Times

Araucaria Bidwilli, the Bunya-Bunya pine, found on the mountains of southern Queensland, between the rivers Brisbane and Burnett, at 27� S. lat., is a noble tree, attaining a height of 100 to 150 ft., with a straight trunk and white wood.

From Project Gutenberg

The palm takes the place of the eucalyptus to a certain extent, and the woods teem with the bunya-bunya,—a very desirable and ornamental tree, which belongs to the pine family.

From Project Gutenberg

We have spoken of the bunya-bunya tree.

From Project Gutenberg