bunya-bunya
/buhn-yuh-buhn-yuh/US // ˈbʌn yəˈbʌn yə //
邦雅-邦雅
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : an evergreen tree, Araucaria bidwilli, of Australia, having stiff, sharp, glossy needles in distinct rows, grown as an ornamental in warm regions.
Examples
Bunya, a corruption of the word common in Bengal generally, is usually applied to the native grain-dealer.
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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