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| Bundjalung | English | Category | Dialect | ||
| -bil, -ngbil | plural for all trees ; tree plural | plant | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| -bina | go | plant | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| -ga(h) | tree/shrub suffix ; shrub/tree suffix | plant | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| -gir | tree (arboreal) enclitic ; arboreal enclitic | plant | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| baga-bagah | Coral-tree ; Erythrina vespertilio ; tree, Coral | plant | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| bagahgir | coral tree ; tree, bean ; bean tree | plant | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| bagar | kurrajong, prickly | plant | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| bagi | vine, species of | plant | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| balbul | tea tree | plant | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| balingbang (?) | tree with a lot of lumps on it | plant | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| balugam | gum tree (bally) ; tree, gum (bally) | plant | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| balun-balun (bulun-buluhn?) | berry | plant | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| bambar | honeysuckle tree | plant | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| banbun | Kangaroo Grass ; Grass, Kangaroo | plant | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| bandal | vines, large ; canes, wild | plant | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| bandeh, bandi | reeds ; rushes | plant | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| bandin | canes ; reeds | plant | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| bandjam | Cabbage Tree Palm ; Palm, Cabbage Tree | plant | Lower Richmond | [more] | |
| bandjan | piccabeen palm ; palm, piccabeen | plant | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| banggabigir | Pademelon tree | plant | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| banggalu | palm tree | plant | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| banggam | cabbage tree palm ; palm, cabbage tree | plant | Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond | [more] | |
| bangil | grass | plant | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| barahgari | stinging tree ; tree, stinging | plant | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| barahy-biny | tree-top ; not much ; not very | plant | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| barany | thorn | plant | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| barawang | zamia palm ; burrawang palm (cycad) ; cycad (zamia palm, burrawong) ; palm, zamia ; palm, burrawang (cycad) | plant | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| baray | end ; top ; tip ; terminal ; top of tree ; high ; upward | plant | Gold Coast Tweed, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| barbam | gum tree, grey; gum tree, spotted | plant | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| bareng | log | plant | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| bargan-bargan | White Cedar ; Cedar, White | plant | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| bargul | bark | plant | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| barul, baruh | bark of tree (?) | plant | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| barul, baruhl | grass, bladey ; bladey grass | plant | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| bawar | fig tree, large leafed | plant | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| bay-bay | sappy, of a tree when the sap is up | plant | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| bayagan | bulrushes | plant | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| bibay, bibeh | gum tree ; tree, gum | plant | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| bibuy | gum tree, spotted (Ng:Gresty) ; box tree, white (GC:Nerang:police) | plant | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| bigar(gah), bigara | Iron Bark ; Iron Bark, Large ; Iron Bark, Black | plant | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| bigar, bigargah | Iron Bark ; Grey Iron Bark ; Black Iron Bark ; Iron Bark, Black ; Iron Bark, Grey | plant | Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence, Copmanhurs | [more] | |
| bigarbah | iron bark trees, place of | plant | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| bigin | Yellow Wood ; tree, 'Long Jack' ; 'Long Jack' tree | plant | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| bigin.gah | needle stringy-bark (Wu) ; stringybark tree (Cop) ; tree, stringybark (Cop) | plant | Middle Clarence, Copmanhurs | [more] | |
| bilang, bilanggah | oak ; she-oak | plant | Gold Coast Tweed, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| bilimbin | mushroom ; toadstool | plant | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| binybar | cedar, white ; white cedar | plant | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| birbah, birbi | strip of bark ; dead bark ; spirals of dead bark pendant from eucalyptus trees | plant | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| biyuga, biyuwa | fig tree | plant | All | [more] | |
| bubu, buyi-buyi, buybuy, bulbu, bulbul | Angophera ; apple tree, native | plant | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| budjagah | fig tree | plant | Copmanhurs | [more] | |
| budjarbil | gumtree blossum ; blossom of gumtree | plant | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| budjarbiny, budjarbin(y) | flower | plant | Gold Coast Tweed, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| budjarundjam | rotten (of trees) | plant | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| budjeh | cunjevoi tree | plant | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| budjuhy | shrub ; small bushy tree ; tree, small and bushy | plant | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| bugam | ripe | plant | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| bugam(gah) | Black Bean tree ; tree, Black Bean | plant | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence, Copmanhurs | [more] | |
| bugam, bugambil (bunambil M:Liv) | Moreton Bay Chestnut ; Bean Tree ; beanpod of the Moreton Bay Chestnut ; shoe ; boot | plant | Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| buh-buh | sap | plant | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| buhbany | Sassafras ; medicine tree ; tree, medicine | plant | Gold Coast Tweed, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| buhyigan.gah (buwigan.gah) | wattle | plant | Copmanhurs | [more] | |
| bulam | tea tree | plant | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| bulam, bulambil | tea tree | plant | Gold Coast Tweed, Lower Richmond | [more] | |
| bulbu | apple-box tree | plant | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| bulbul | Angophera tree | plant | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| bulihm | tea tree | plant | Lower Richmond, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| buluhr | bark, frayed | plant | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| bumbinbihn-baral | grass-tree | plant | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| bunalbu | bloodwood | plant | Lower Richmond | [more] | |
| bunaw | bloodwood tree ; red bloodwood tree | plant | Gold Coast Tweed, Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| bundahn | Wait-a-while vine ; vine, Wait-a-while | plant | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| bundin | stringybark tree | plant | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| bundur | rough | plant | Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| bungaw | bloodwood tree | plant | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| bunggabi | tree, big | plant | Lower Richmond | [more] | |
| bungguhm, bungguhmbiny | passionfruit, wild ; wild passionfruit | plant | Middle Clarence, Condamine Upper Clarence | [more] | |
| burgin | bloodwood tree | plant | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] | |
| buy-buygah | apple tree ; tree, apple | plant | Middle Clarence | [more] | |
| buybuy | apple tree, native ; Angophera ; Apple gum | plant | Gold Coast Tweed | [more] |
