brigalow

/ ˈbrɪɡələʊ /

noun

1. 1. any of various acacia trees
   2. ( as modifier )

      brigalow country

Word History and Origins

Origin of brigalow¹

C19: from a native Australian language

Example Sentences

The newfound species, Euoplos dignitas, is a type of golden trapdoor spider discovered in the semi-arid woodlands of the Brigalow Belt, a region in central Queensland.

From BBC

Here grow brigalow and mulga, gaunt and weird as the dragon-tree of the Soudan.

From Project Gutenberg

Through the brigalow and mulga scrubs, dense and forbidding, over mountain ranges, stony and steep, across flooded rivers, and over or around all obstacles, the pioneers still moved on and took up and occupied runs.

From Project Gutenberg

Besides hilly mountainous ranges, brigalow and vine scrubs surrounded the base of Mount Spencer, whose thousand feet of height they climbed, and gave to it its name.

From Project Gutenberg

The Bowen River country is very interesting and its scenery most picturesque; it has first-class grazing qualities, small open plains, with patches of brigalow scrub scattered over black-soil country.

From Project Gutenberg