noun
- Plural of bunya; tall Australian evergreen trees of the genus Araucaria, especially Araucaria bidwillii, bearing large edible nuts.
Usage: Also called bunya pine or bunya tree; Native to Queensland, Australia
Examples
- The bunyas in the botanical garden are over 150 feet tall.
- Indigenous Australians have harvested nuts from bunyas for thousands of years.
- Several bunyas grow in the rainforests of Queensland.
- The bunya nuts from these trees are nutritious and were an important food source.
- Visitors admired the massive bunyas during their tour of the nature reserve.