any of various trees and shrubs of the genus Persoonia of Australia having an edible but tasteless fruit
2.
the fruit of these trees
3.
(in the 19th century) an uncultivated Australian from the country districts
Word origin
from a native Australian language
geebung in American English
(ˈdʒibʌŋ)
noun
1.
any of various small trees or shrubs of the genus Persoonia, native to Australia and New Zealand, having small white or yellow flowers and fleshy, edible fruit
2.
the fruit itself
Word origin
[1820–30; ‹ Dharuk jí-buŋ]This word is first recorded in the period 1820–30. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: acetate, analogue, boomerang, morphology, myth