lapunyahn.
/ləˈpʌnjə/, U.S. /ləˈpənjə/, Australian English /ləˈpʌnjə/ Any of three eucalypts, Eucalyptus ochrophloia, E. thozetiana (also called napunyah, yapunyah), and E. argophloia. Also more fully lapunyah tree.
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lapunyah1940
1940 W. Hatfield Into (Great?) Unfenced 41 A strong growth of eucalypts, the common river-gum, and..lapunyah.
1955 D. Stewart & N. Keesing Austral. Bush Ballads 108 And still the yellow wattles rose through the thin lapunyah-trees.
1984 D. J. Boland et al. Forest Trees Austral. (rev. ed.) 514 Queensland Western White Gum, Lapunyah..Eucalyptus argophloia.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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