Meaning of cumbungi | Babel Free

Definitions

Any of several Australian perennial herbs of the genus Typha, especially Typha domingensis and Typha orientalis.

Australia

Examples

“Behind the dune, native bullrush or cumbungi is still growing and was a rich resource for local aborigines. Its big rhizome provides starch used to make bread while its young shoots could be eaten fresh.”

“Mitchell said that the cakes made from the cumbungi flour ‘were lighter and sweeter than those made from common flour’.”

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