carbungi

noun

car·​bun·​gi

kärˈbənjē

plural -s

: a narrow-leaved cattail (Typha angustifolia) of Australia see murray down

Word History

Etymology

perhaps dissimilated from cumbungi, another name for the plant (borrowed from Wemba-Wemba—Australian aboriginal language of western Victoria—gambaŋ), or borrowed from a cognate of the Wemba-Wemba word

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