Definition of "bunya" []

• A bunya pine. (noun)
• A banyan, a member of a specific Hindu caste. (noun)
• A bunya spider. (noun)

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• "In two very restricted areas bunya pine (Araucaria bidwillii) are canopy dominants."
• "It is, too, very remarkable that the bunya tree, according to the natives, is nowhere to be met with but in these parts; it is, however, there is no doubt, a species of the araucaria genus, well known in South"
• "Fine nuts range in character from the rich, sugary, oily and highly nitrogenous nut of the Mexican piñon to the more starchy _bunya bunya_ of Australia, as large as a small potato and not much better than a potato, unless it is roasted or boiled."