mallee

[ mal-ee ]

/ ˈmæl i /

noun

any of various dwarf Australian eucalyptuses, as Eucalyptus dumosa and E. oleosa, that sometimes form large tracts of brushwood.

the brushwood itself.

Origin of mallee

First recorded in 1840–50; from Wergaia (an Australian Aboriginal language spoken in the Wimmera area, Victoria) mali

Words nearby mallee

malleable, malleable cast iron, malleable iron, malleablize, malleate, mallee, mallee fowl, mallee root, mallemuck, mallenders, malleoincudal

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Example sentences from the Web for mallee

Leaving the mallee, the train comes in time to Ballarat, which used to be the great centre of the gold-mining industry.
Peeps At Many Lands: Australia|Frank Fox
It flies ahead of one along the half-chain strip of scrub left on mallee roads, and is a feature of interest.
An Australian Bird Book|John Albert Leach
And a bundle of these papers found their adventurous way to the latest fastness of Stingaree in the mallee.
Stingaree|E. W. (Ernest William) Hornung
The lowan (Mallee hen, they're mostly called) and talegalla (brush turkey) were thick enough in some of the scrubby corners.
Robbery Under Arms|Thomas Alexander Browne, AKA Rolf Boldrewood

The mallee is a species of eucalyptus growing 12 to 14 ft. high.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 8|Various

British Dictionary definitions for mallee

mallee

/ (ˈmæliː) /

noun

any of several low shrubby eucalyptus trees that flourish in desert regions of Australia

the mallee Australian informal another name for the bush 1 (def. 4)

See mallee root

Word Origin for mallee

C19: native Australian name

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单词	mallee
释义	mallee [ mal-ee ] / ˈmæl i / noun any of various dwarf Australian eucalyptuses, as Eucalyptus dumosa and E. oleosa, that sometimes form large tracts of brushwood. the brushwood itself. Origin of mallee First recorded in 1840–50; from Wergaia (an Australian Aboriginal language spoken in the Wimmera area, Victoria) mali Words nearby mallee malleable, malleable cast iron, malleable iron, malleablize, malleate, mallee, mallee fowl, mallee root, mallemuck, mallenders, malleoincudal Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for mallee Leaving the mallee, the train comes in time to Ballarat, which used to be the great centre of the gold-mining industry. Peeps At Many Lands: Australia\|Frank Fox It flies ahead of one along the half-chain strip of scrub left on mallee roads, and is a feature of interest. An Australian Bird Book\|John Albert Leach And a bundle of these papers found their adventurous way to the latest fastness of Stingaree in the mallee. Stingaree\|E. W. (Ernest William) Hornung The lowan (Mallee hen, they're mostly called) and talegalla (brush turkey) were thick enough in some of the scrubby corners. Robbery Under Arms\|Thomas Alexander Browne, AKA Rolf Boldrewood The mallee is a species of eucalyptus growing 12 to 14 ft. high. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 8\|Various British Dictionary definitions for mallee mallee / (ˈmæliː) / noun any of several low shrubby eucalyptus trees that flourish in desert regions of Australia the mallee Australian informal another name for the bush 1 (def. 4) See mallee root Word Origin for mallee C19: native Australian name Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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