- any of several shrubby species of Australian eucalyptus (as Eucalyptus dumosa and E. oleosa)
- in Australia, dense thicket formed by such plants
Origin of mallee
native name in Australiamallee
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mallee
noun
- Any of various shrubby, multiple-stemmed eucalyptuses found in semi-arid areas of southern Australia.
- A thicket of these plants or a region where they predominate.
Origin of mallee
Probably Wemba-wemba (Pama-Nyungan language of southeast Australia) maliTHE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Noun
(plural mallees)
- A type of scrubland with low-growing thick eucalypts, characteristic of certain parts of Australia. [from 19th c.]
- Any semi-desert region of Australia where such scrub is the predominant vegetation. [from 19th c.]
- Any of several low-growing eucalypts characteristic of such scrubland, especially Eucalyptus dumosa, Eucalyptus oleosa, and Eucalyptus socialis. [from 19th c.]
- (botany) The growth habit of certain eucalypt species that grow with multiple stems springing from an underground lignotuber, shared by species of related genera.
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From Woiwurrung mali.
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