MALLEE


Meaning of MALLEE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈma-lē ]

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

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.