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BUNYA BUNYA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Nut tasting like roasted chestnuts; a staple food of Australian aborigines
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Hypernyms ("bunya bunya" is a kind of...):
edible nut (a hard-shelled seed consisting of an edible kernel or meat enclosed in a woody or leathery shell)
Holonyms ("bunya bunya" is a part of...):
Araucaria bidwillii; bunya bunya; bunya bunya tree (Australian conifer bearing two-inch seeds tasting like roasted chestnuts; among the aborigines the tree is hereditary property protected by law)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Australian conifer bearing two-inch seeds tasting like roasted chestnuts; among the aborigines the tree is hereditary property protected by law
Synonyms:
Araucaria bidwillii; bunya bunya; bunya bunya tree
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("bunya bunya" is a kind of...):
araucaria (any of several tall South American or Australian trees with large cones and edible seeds)
Meronyms (parts of "bunya bunya"):
bunya bunya (nut tasting like roasted chestnuts; a staple food of Australian aborigines)