mallee

[ mal-ee ]

noun

1. any of various dwarf Australian eucalyptuses, as Eucalyptus dumosa and E. oleosa, that sometimes form large tracts of brushwood.
2. the brushwood itself.

mallee

/ ˈmæliː /

noun

1. any of several low shrubby eucalyptus trees that flourish in desert regions of Australia
2. the mallee informal.
   another name for the bush 1
3. See mallee root

Word History and Origins

Origin of mallee¹

First recorded in 1840–50; from Wergaia (an Australian Aboriginal language spoken in the Wimmera area, Victoria) mali

Word History and Origins

Origin of mallee¹

C19: native Australian name

Example Sentences

The setting sun made a lane of light through the pines and mallee.

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One tract of the mallee scrub, shared between Victoria and South Australia, covers an area of nearly 9000 square miles.

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The mallee is just high enough to render it impossible for a man on horseback to look over it.

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The mallee (Eucalyptus dumosa) is one of the strangest products of a strange country.

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No surface water is to be obtained in the mallee district; its silence is only disturbed by the melancholy wail of the dingo.

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