1. Australian conifer bearing two-inch seeds tasting like roasted chestnuts; among the aborigines the tree is hereditary property protected by law
   "The bunya bunya's massive cones can weigh up to 10 kg"; "The bunya bunya tree's massive cones can weigh up to 10 kg";
   - bunya bunya tree, Araucaria bidwillii, bunya
    
2. Nut tasting like roasted chestnuts; a staple food of Australian aborigines
   "They gathered bunya bunya nuts during the traditional harvest season";
   - bunya

Derived forms: bunya bunyas

Type of: araucaria, edible nut, nut

Encyclopedia: Bunya bunya