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Definition of Bunya bunya tree

1. Noun. Australian conifer bearing two-inch seeds tasting like roasted chestnuts; among the aborigines the tree is hereditary property protected by law.

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Literary usage of Bunya bunya tree

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. 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 ..."

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. Under the Southern Cross; Or, Travels in Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand by Maturin Murray Ballou (1887)
"... spoken of the bunya-bunya tree. When it is full-grown it towers two hundred feet in the air; but when young, it throws out branches all about its base ..."

4. A Practical Treatise on Tree Culture in South Australia by John Ednie Brown, J. W. Love (1886)
"(The bunya bunya tree.) Queensland, between Brisbane and the Burnett river; grows 100ft. and 200ft. in height, and from 3ft. to 4ft. ..."

5. Australia and New Zealand by Anthony Trollope (1873)
"The district in which the bunya-bunya tree bears fruit is very restricted, and it bears in profusion only once in about three years. ..."

6. The Dictionary of National Biography by Sidney Lee (1908)
"To him,' says Professor Lindley, ' we owe the discovery of the famous Bunya-Bunya tree, subsequently named after him Araucaria ..."

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