2. Noun. (dated India) A banyan, a member of a specific Hindu caste. ¹
3. Noun. (rare) A bunya spider. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Bunya
1. an evergreen tree [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bunya
Literary usage of Bunya
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales by Linnean Society of New South Wales (1884)
"NOTES ON THE FRUCTIFICATION OF THE bunya, NOTES ON THE FRUCTIFICATION OF ...
Mulgoa, and also in the Queensland Gardens, that the bunya ..."
2. 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 ..."
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 ..."
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