lilly-pillyn.
/ˈlɪlɪˌpɪli/, U.S. /ˈlɪliˌpɪli/, Australian English /ˈlɪliˌpɪli/ An Australian evergreen tree, Eugenia (or Acmena) smithii, of the family Myrtaceæ, or the timber obtained from it. Also attributive.
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1860 G. Bennett Gatherings of Naturalist in Austral. xvii. 327 The Lillipilly-trees, as they are named by the colonists, consist of several species of Acmena.
1879 J. E. Tenison-Woods in Proc. Linn. Soc. New S. Wales IV. 134 Eugenia Smithii, or Lillipilli.
1881 Off. 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.
1936 F. Clune Roaming round Darling iii. 26 In 1881 King George V planted a lillipilli-tree.
1944 Living off Land: Man. Bushcraft ii. 45 Lilly-pilly or Brush Cherry.
1946 Coast to Coast 1945 56 A tree-fern, maidenhair in the mossy banks, and a clump of lilli-pillis marked the dell.
1965 Austral. 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.
1965 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 16 Nov. 20 The feathered folk in the lilipillies of the great gully below began to welcome Piccaninny Daylight.
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