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geebung

geebung

9.9
A small Australian bush with narrow leaves, yellow or white flowers, and small edible fruit
  • noun
  • Australian
: geebung
  • The geebung in the garden produces bright yellow flowers every spring.

Examples

  • Several species of geebung are native to the forests of New South Wales.

  • Aboriginal Australians have traditionally eaten the fruit of the geebung.

  • The geebung tree is common in Australia.

  • Many geebungs bloom beautifully in spring.

  • Aboriginal Australians have traditionally eaten the fruit of the geebung.

  • Several species of geebung are native to the forests of New South Wales.

  • The geebung in the garden produces bright yellow flowers every spring.

Synonyms

Persoonia
vsgeebung
  • Australian
9.9

An Australian shrub or small tree with yellow flowers and edible fruit

is the common name used in everyday speech for the same plants

Surface Forms

geebung singular
geebungs plural

Etymology

Geebung comes from Australian Aboriginal languages and was the local name for a native shrub and its edible fruit. A helpful way to remember it is to think of geebung as the name for a small bush with yellow flowers that makes a little 'berry', which is why the word now means those shrubs and their fruit.