gumbi gumbi

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

   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.’

   2002, Alex Miller, Journey to the Stone Country, Allen & Unwin, published 2003, page 122

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   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 […].

   2022, John Newton, Cooking With the Oldest Foods on Earth