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Noun: bunya
  1. Australian conifer bearing two-inch seeds tasting like roasted chestnuts; among the aborigines the tree is hereditary property protected by law
    - bunya bunya, bunya bunya tree, Araucaria bidwillii
     
  2. Nut tasting like roasted chestnuts; a staple food of Australian aborigines
    - bunya bunya

Derived forms: bunyas

Type of: araucaria, edible nut, nut

Encyclopedia: Bunya, Namibia