"cumbungi" meaning in English

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          "taxonomic": "Typha orientalis",
          "word": "broad-leaved cumbungi"
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          "taxonomic": "Typha domingensis",
          "word": "narrow-leaved cumbungi"
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          "text": "Mitchell said that the cakes made from the cumbungi flour ‘were lighter and sweeter than those made from common flour’.",
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      "ipa": "/kʌmˈbʌŋɡi/"
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