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单词 geebung
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Definition of geebung in English:

geebung

noun ˈdʒiːbʌŋˈjēbəNG
  • An Australian shrub or small tree which bears creamy-yellow flowers and small green fruit.

    匹索尼亚树

    Genus Persoonia, family Proteaceae

    Example sentencesExamples
    • So has anyone munched any other types of geebungs and could share their tasting notes?
    • The general park area was extensively hunted for wallabies, snakes, birds, honey, turtles and their eggs, fresh water mussels, ripe water-lily bulbs, geebungs and the fruit of the ‘noocui’ or pig's face plant.
    • Visitors from Sydney will notice the flannel flowers - many of the peas, boronias, mint-bushes, geebungs and tea trees, however, belong to inland species.
    • Changes in soil conditions in this area have produced an equally varied understorey of shrubs, with ferns, wattles, banksias, hakeas and geebungs, and a number of native grasses.
    • In the thick, unfelled bush above the horse-and-cattle yards were native hop, ‘sarsaparilla,’ the bottle-brush flower of the wild honey suckle, together with geebungs, wild cherry, eucalyptus, wattle, kurrajong, and pine.

Origin

Early 19th century: from Dharuk.

Definition of geebung in US English:

geebung

nounˈjēbəNG
  • An Australian shrub or small tree which bears creamy-yellow flowers and small green fruit.

    匹索尼亚树

    Genus Persoonia, family Proteaceae

    Example sentencesExamples
    • So has anyone munched any other types of geebungs and could share their tasting notes?
    • Visitors from Sydney will notice the flannel flowers - many of the peas, boronias, mint-bushes, geebungs and tea trees, however, belong to inland species.
    • In the thick, unfelled bush above the horse-and-cattle yards were native hop, ‘sarsaparilla,’ the bottle-brush flower of the wild honey suckle, together with geebungs, wild cherry, eucalyptus, wattle, kurrajong, and pine.
    • The general park area was extensively hunted for wallabies, snakes, birds, honey, turtles and their eggs, fresh water mussels, ripe water-lily bulbs, geebungs and the fruit of the ‘noocui’ or pig's face plant.
    • Changes in soil conditions in this area have produced an equally varied understorey of shrubs, with ferns, wattles, banksias, hakeas and geebungs, and a number of native grasses.

Origin

Early 19th century: from Dharuk.

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