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Mallee   Listen
noun
mallee  n.  
1.
(Bot.) A dwarf Australian eucalypt with a number of thin stems springing from a thickened stock. The most common species are Eucalyptus dumosa and Eucalyptus Gracilis.
2.
Scrub or thicket formed by the mallee. (Australia)





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"Mallee" Quotes from Famous Books



... train passes through what is known as "the desert"—a stretch of country covered with mallee scrub (the mallee is a kind of small gum-tree); but nowadays they are finding out that this mallee scrub is not hopeless country at all. The scrub is beaten down by having great rollers drawn over it by horses; that in time kills it. Then the roots are dug up for firewood, ...
— Peeps At Many Lands: Australia • Frank Fox


Words linked to "Mallee" :   eucalypt, black mallee, congoo mallee, mallee hen, Eucalyptus dumosa, eucalyptus


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