Definition of "bunya-bunya" []

• An Australian evergreen coniferous tree (Araucaria bidwilli) having tiers of nearly whorled branches, sharp-pointed leaves, and large cones. Also called bunya pine. (noun)

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• "'That's the bunya-bunya, and the nuts are splendid roasted in the ashes"
• "We were going through the bunya-bunya country not far from our station, when out of the Bush there came a black gin with two half-caste girls, she ran up and stopped the buggy and implored my mother's protection for her girls because the"
• "One of the most remarkable trees they met with was the bunya-bunya, a species of pine."