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/kʌmˈbʌŋɡi/ · noun
(Australia) Any of several Australian perennial herbs of the genus Typha, especially Typha domingensis and Typha orientalis..
Behind the dune, native bullrush or cumbungi is still growing and was a rich resource for local aborigines. Its big rhizome provides starch used to make bread while its young shoots could be eaten fresh.
Mitchell said that the cakes made from the cumbungi flour ‘were lighter and sweeter than those made from common flour’.
Use cumbungi when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Cumbungi means (Australia) Any of several Australian perennial herbs of the genus Typha, especially Typha domingensis and Typha orientalis..
Common synonyms include cattail, bulrush, reedmace.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Behind the dune, native bullrush or cumbungi is still growing and was a rich resource for local aborigines. Its big rhizome provides starch used to make bread while its young shoots could be eaten fresh.
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