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Definition of mulga in English: mulganoun ˈmʌlɡəˈməlɡə 1A small Australian acacia tree or shrub with greyish foliage, which forms dense scrubby growth and yields brown and yellow timber. Genus Acacia, family Leguminosae; several species, especially Acacia aneura Example sentencesExamples - A few metres into this little wood, and it feels like another world, the fans of mulga branches spreading above me, patches of delicate ferns growing between clumps of grass underfoot.
- Widgety bushes and mulga were the main fodder trees, but new plants of these species had no chance of getting beyond the seedling stage.
- Here the public and shooters hang dead feral cats from an old mulga, and at any time there may be dozens of the stinking carcases dangling like macabre Christmas decorations.
- But the gentle slope soon became much steeper as they straddled fallen trunks of mulga and mallee, sidestepped unstable boulders and clambered over perilous rock ridges.
- I have enough of them and head into the bush, towards some big mulga trees.
- You see clouds of tiny, smoky blues around the base of mulga trees.
- Angepena Station is hidden away in the Northern Flinders Ranges in country varying from a parkland appearance to some very hilly country covered by shrubs, native pines, black oak and mulga.
- The land types are diverse: ranges, some sandhill country, and large mulga stands - some of the largest remaining stands of old growth mulga, according to Mr Schrader.
- Much of this carpet of herbs is on shallow gravelly and stony soils, too poor for buffel, or under mulga trees.
- All around us we see southern Australia with mulga trees outside.
- Wood such as mulga, ironwood, redgum and desert oak is used.
- 1.1mass noun An area of scrub or bush dominated by mulgas.
Example sentencesExamples - You can always walk around the spinifex and mulga down there.
- A hundred years ago, Bilbies were common in many habitats throughout Australia, but are now restricted to a few northwestern desert regions and arid mulga and spinafex grasslands.
- Make no mistake about it; there is an art to driving your huge tyred monster through the swamps, mulga and rain forest.
- They walked on in silence after that, blindly stumbling through the patches of thick mulga scrub.
- It runs for about 25 kilometres, but it doesn't run in a square, it sort of runs in stages around this lovely big piece of mulga sand plain that Peter's chosen as the ideal spot.
- It's a cameraman's film and mostly about riding dangerously through mulga, about rounding up scrub bulls, about branding and marking with the mass of Mt Leichhardt rising up in blue splendour beyond.
- These are resurrection ferns, like the ones in the mulga wood.
- 1.2the mulgaAustralian informal The outback.
Example sentencesExamples - You can forget about the spinifex country and most of the mulga country.
- They spent weeks camping out in the mulga.
- Within a week we were navigating our way through the mulga with great verve and confidence.
- Making camp in the Mulga we drew water from the Bore for showers & washing, settling in for a well deserved day off.
- The Maverick quiver takes care of all your gear when you are out in the field or in the mulga.
Origin Mid 19th century: from Kamilaroi, Yuwaalaraay, and other Aboriginal languages of New South Wales and South Australia. Definition of mulga in US English: mulganounˈməlɡə 1A small Australian acacia tree or shrub with grayish foliage, forming dense scrubby growth and yielding brown and yellow timber. Acacia aneura, family Leguminosae Example sentencesExamples - Much of this carpet of herbs is on shallow gravelly and stony soils, too poor for buffel, or under mulga trees.
- Angepena Station is hidden away in the Northern Flinders Ranges in country varying from a parkland appearance to some very hilly country covered by shrubs, native pines, black oak and mulga.
- But the gentle slope soon became much steeper as they straddled fallen trunks of mulga and mallee, sidestepped unstable boulders and clambered over perilous rock ridges.
- I have enough of them and head into the bush, towards some big mulga trees.
- A few metres into this little wood, and it feels like another world, the fans of mulga branches spreading above me, patches of delicate ferns growing between clumps of grass underfoot.
- Widgety bushes and mulga were the main fodder trees, but new plants of these species had no chance of getting beyond the seedling stage.
- Here the public and shooters hang dead feral cats from an old mulga, and at any time there may be dozens of the stinking carcases dangling like macabre Christmas decorations.
- All around us we see southern Australia with mulga trees outside.
- The land types are diverse: ranges, some sandhill country, and large mulga stands - some of the largest remaining stands of old growth mulga, according to Mr Schrader.
- You see clouds of tiny, smoky blues around the base of mulga trees.
- Wood such as mulga, ironwood, redgum and desert oak is used.
- 1.1 An area of scrub or bush dominated by the mulga plant.
Example sentencesExamples - It runs for about 25 kilometres, but it doesn't run in a square, it sort of runs in stages around this lovely big piece of mulga sand plain that Peter's chosen as the ideal spot.
- These are resurrection ferns, like the ones in the mulga wood.
- A hundred years ago, Bilbies were common in many habitats throughout Australia, but are now restricted to a few northwestern desert regions and arid mulga and spinafex grasslands.
- You can always walk around the spinifex and mulga down there.
- It's a cameraman's film and mostly about riding dangerously through mulga, about rounding up scrub bulls, about branding and marking with the mass of Mt Leichhardt rising up in blue splendour beyond.
- They walked on in silence after that, blindly stumbling through the patches of thick mulga scrub.
- Make no mistake about it; there is an art to driving your huge tyred monster through the swamps, mulga and rain forest.
- 1.2the mulgaAustralian informal The outback.
Example sentencesExamples - Within a week we were navigating our way through the mulga with great verve and confidence.
- The Maverick quiver takes care of all your gear when you are out in the field or in the mulga.
- Making camp in the Mulga we drew water from the Bore for showers & washing, settling in for a well deserved day off.
- They spent weeks camping out in the mulga.
- You can forget about the spinifex country and most of the mulga country.
Origin Mid 19th century: from Kamilaroi, Yuwaalaraay, and other Aboriginal languages of New South Wales and South Australia. |