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单词 boobyalla
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boobyallan.

Brit. /buːbɪˈalə/, U.S. /ˌbubiˈælə/, Australian English /buːbiˈælə/
Forms: 1800s boobyaloe, 1800s boobyallah, 1800s boobiala, 1800s– boobialla, 1800s– boobyalla.
Origin: A borrowing from Tasmanian Aboriginal. Etymon: Tasmanian Aboriginal bubiala.
Etymology: < Tasmanian Aboriginal (south-eastern) bubiala.In the form boobyaloe perhaps by association with aloe n. 5.
Chiefly Australian.
Any of various Australian shrubs or trees which are typically found in sandy or coastal regions; spec. (a) a subspecies of wattle, Acacia longifolia sophorae (family Fabaceae), which has spikes of bright yellow flowers; (b) any of several shrubs or small trees of the genus Myoporum (family Scrophulariaceae), which have clusters of small pink or white flowers and are frequently cultivated as ornamental plants, hedges, and windbreaks; also with distinguishing word.
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1835 Ross's Hobart Town Almanack & Van Diemen's Land Ann. 63 Acacia sophora, Sophora podded Acacia or Booby-aloe.
1843 J. Backhouse Narr. Visit Austral. Colonies iv. 59 The sand-banks at the mouth of Macquarie Harbour are covered with Boobialla, a species of Acacia, the roots of which run far in the sand.
1861 L. A. Meredith Over the Straits ii. 62 Boobyalla bushes lay within the dash of the ceaseless spray.
1880 Weekly Times (Melbourne) 7 Feb. 12/1 A variety of Myoporum serratum, called by the aborigines of the Western district the Boobiala.
1888 Victorian Naturalist 4 182 After a stroll round the town, during which we saw some fine Boobialla trees, Myoporum insulare, we..started on the five-mile walk to Muddy Creek.
1934 Antiquity 8 182 Sand dunes clothed with boobyallas and other indigenous shrubs.
1976 C. Eagle Four Faces 168 He came out, straight into the barley sown right up to the boobyalla hedge on the western side of the house.
1993 Austral. Mammal. 16 1/1 The dunes are mostly covered with grasses..with some patches of Boobyalla (Acacia sophorae).
2005 P. Bagust & L. Tout-Smith Native Plants Adelaide 32 M. insulare (Coastal Boobialla) and M. Parvifolium are coastal specialists. M. vicosum (Sticky Boobialla) was once found scattered in many localities.
2015 Warrnambool (Austral.) Standard (Nexis) 9 Dec. We will take out the boobyalla which was planted, from what I can tell, to protect the chook sheds that were originally there.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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