n.
Pronunciation: ' ma-l ē
Function: noun
Etymology: probably from Wemba-Wemba (Australian aboriginal language of western Victoria) mali
Date: 1845
1 : any of various low-growing shrubby Australian eucalypts (as Eucalyptus dumosa and E. oleosa )
2 : a dense thicket or growth of mallees also : land covered by such growth