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Definition of Bunya bunya
1. Noun. Australian conifer bearing two-inch seeds tasting like roasted chestnuts; among the aborigines the tree is hereditary property protected by law.
2. Noun. Nut tasting like roasted chestnuts; a staple food of Australian aborigines.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bunya Bunya
Literary usage of Bunya bunya
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Austral English: A Dictionary of Australasian Words, Phrases, and Usages by Edward Ellis Morris (1898)
"The Bunya-Bunya mountains in Queensland derive their name from this tree.
"The bunya-bunya tree is noble and gigantic, and its umbrella-like head ..."
2. The Native Tribes of South-east Australia by Alfred William Howitt (1904)
"R. Brough Smyth says,2 " When tribes assembled to eat the fruit of the Bunya-Bunya,
they were not permitted to take any game, and at length the craving for ..."
3. Australia Visited and Revisited: A Narrative of Recent Travels and Old by Samuel Mossman, Thomas Banister (1853)
"... Climate of the northern districts—Their tropical vegetation—The bunya bunya
tree of Moreton Bay—The fig-tree of the Macleay river—Superior condition of ..."
4. What We Saw in Australia by Rosamond Davenport Hill, Florence Davenport Hill (1875)
"The fruit of the bunya bunya is a cone containing small kernels, of which the
aborigines are extremely fond. The tribe or tribes who dwell in the district ..."
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