Melaleuca Definition
mĕlə-lo͝okə
noun
Any of various trees or shrubs of the genus Melaleuca, native chiefly to Australia, having aromatic leaves containing essential oils and usually papery white bark.
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pronoun
A taxonomic genus within the family Myrtaceae — certain tea trees, honey myrtles, and paperbarks.
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Other Word Forms of Melaleuca
Noun
Singular:
melaleuca
Plural:
melaleucasOrigin of Melaleuca
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New Latin genus name Greek melās black (probably from the black trunks or the black inner bark of some melaleuca species) Greek leukos white leuk- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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