bunya bunya

1. 1.

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

   Synonymsbunya bunya treeAraucaria bidwillii

   Broaderaraucaria

   Partsbunya bunya
2. 2.

   nut tasting like roasted chestnuts; a staple food of Australian aborigines

   Broaderedible nut

   Part ofbunya bunya

Questions about bunya bunya

What does bunya bunya mean?

bunya bunya means "Australian conifer bearing two-inch seeds tasting like roasted chestnuts; among the aborigines the tree is hereditary property protected by law". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for bunya bunya?

Close synonyms include bunya bunya tree, Araucaria bidwillii. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is bunya bunya a common word?

bunya bunya is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.