English: coral tree, bean tree
Bundjalung: bagahgir
Part of Speech: noun
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Category: plant
Comment: bagah 'shield', -gir 'tree' suffix; other sources state the Coral tree was what they made shields from.
South West: Cas:Smy baga:gir 'coral tree ;
Condamine Upper Clarence: Gd:Geyt


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