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

One of the most remarkable trees they met with was the bunya-bunya, a species of pine.

From The Young Berringtons The Boy Explorers by Kingston, William Henry Giles

Among the Turribul there was individual property in bunya-bunya trees; these too devolved from father to son34.

From Kinship Organisations and Group Marriage in Australia by Thomas, Northcote Whitridge