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lilly-pilly
Also lilli-pilli.
An Australian evergreen tree, Eugenia (or Acmena) smithii, of the family Myrtaceæ, or the timber obtained from it. Also attrib.
1860G. Bennett Gatherings Nat. Austral. xvii. 327 The Lillipilly-trees, as they are named by the colonists, consist of several species of Acmena. 1879J. E. Tenison-Woods in Proc. Linnean Soc. N.S. Wales IV. 134 Eugenia Smithii, or Lillipilli. 1881Off. Rec. Sydney Internat. Exhib. 1879 723 Lilly Pilly. Eugenia Smithii... Forms a beautiful shrub when cut back... The wood makes good axe handles. 1890‘Lyth’ Golden South 201 Luxurious foliage of..lily-pilly, and other native trees. 1936F. Clune Roaming round Darling iii. 26 In 1881 King George V planted a lillipilli-tree. 1944Living off Land ii. 45 Lilly-pilly or Brush Cherry. 1946Coast to Coast 1945 56 A tree-fern, maidenhair in the mossy banks, and a clump of lilli-pillis marked the dell. 1965Austral. Encycl. III. 412/1 Acmena is a small genus containing the common lilly-pilly (A. smithii), which is widely spread in eastern Australia along rivers and streams and in the rain⁓forests... It has small terminal sprays of insignificant greenish flowers followed by purplish to white fruits, and is much cultivated as a hedge plant. 1965Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 16 Nov. 20 The feathered folk in the lilipillies of the great gully below began to welcome Piccaninny Daylight. |