marri

/ ˈmærɪ /

noun

1. a species of eucalyptus, Eucalyptus calophylla, of Western Australia, widely cultivated for its coloured flowers

Word History and Origins

Origin of marri¹

C19: from a native Australian language

Example Sentences

Jacobs said he thinks of C. marri as the dinosaur equivalent of gazelles, because they were fast-moving and wary of attacks.

From Washington Times

Convolosaurus marri is an early relative of hadrosaurs, the common duckbill dinosaurs that emerged about 20 million years later.

From Washington Times

The dinosaurs, which Andrzejewski and her colleagues named Convolosaurus marri, make up the largest trove of dinosaur fossils ever discovered in Texas.

From Washington Times