mallee-scrub

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

n.


the «scrub,» or thicket,formed by the Mallee (q.v.).

1893. A. R. Wallace, `Australasia,' vol. i. p. 22:

«The flat and, rarely, hilly plains . . . are coveredchiefly with thickets and `scrub' of social plants, generallywith hard and prickly leaves. This `scrub,' which is quite afeature of the Australian interior, is chiefly formed of abushy Eucalyptus, which grows somewhat like our osiers to aheight of 8 or 10 feet, and often so densely covers the groundas to be quite impenetrable. This is the `Mallee scrub' ofthe explorers; while the still more dreaded `Mulga scrub'consists of species of prickly acacia, which tear the clothesand wound the flesh of the traveller.»

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