Meaning of bunya | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The bunya pine, Araucaria bidwillii, native to Queensland.
2. A banyan, a member of a specific Hindu caste.
   India, dated
3. A traditional Kanak and Ni-Vanuatu dish

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Examples

“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.”

“Her three favourite bunyah-bunyah nut trees were destroyed last⟳ year to make⟳ way for more grazing land⟳ for sheep and other animals whose cloven hooves destroyed the delicate topsoil and laid bare the earth.”

“Bunya nuts, which come⟳ from a conifer in the genus Araucaria, are an example of a plant⟳ that fruited so heavily that large stores were set⟳ aside.”

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