Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun bunya_bunya

2 senses of bunya bunya

Sense 1
bunya bunya, bunya bunya tree, Araucaria bidwillii -- (Australian conifer bearing two-inch seeds tasting like roasted chestnuts; among the aborigines the tree is hereditary property protected by law)
       => araucaria -- (any of several tall South American or Australian trees with large cones and edible seeds)

Sense 2
bunya bunya -- (nut tasting like roasted chestnuts; a staple food of Australian aborigines)
       => edible nut -- (a hard-shelled seed consisting of an edible kernel or meat enclosed in a woody or leathery shell)