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

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