Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

gumbi gumbi

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: gumbi gumbi
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A shrub or small tree, Pittosporum angustifolium, growing in inland Australia, used by Aboriginal peoples for food and medicine.

Australian usage

Example Sentences

"Bo said, ‘Them bloody doctors are no good to you, old mate. You ought to come down to Ranna with us and get yourself a good dose of cumby cumby.’"
"A small shrub with little star-shaped yellow flowers and yellow/orange-skinned fruit, gumbi gumbi (Pittosporum angustifolium) is found throughout the drier areas of Australia […]."

Usage

Australian usage

Inflected Forms

cumby cumby (alternative) gumby gumby (alternative)

Questions

What does gumbi gumbi mean?: A shrub or small tree, Pittosporum angustifolium, growing in inland Australia, used by Aboriginal peoples for food and medicine.

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