English: Moreton Bay Chestnut or Bean Tree, or its beanpod, shoe, boot
Bundjalung: bugam, bugambil (bunambil M:Liv)
Part of Speech: noun
Related Words:
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Category: plant
Comment: Y:Watsn has b??g'imbil for bean, b??g'?_mbil for tree, also for 'boot, shoe' because of fancied resemblance of this bean pod to a shoe; bunambil (M:Liv); bean tree.
Gold Coast Tweed: Y:Holm:Curry bugam bean tree; Y:Watsn b
Lower Richmond: Ny:Sc:Ballina3/1903 bokam bean tree;
Condamine Upper Clarence: Bj:Sc:Woodnbng4/1903 booum bean tree;


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