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mulga
n. an aboriginal word. (1) Name givento various species of Acacia, but especially A. aneura,F. v. M...
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scrub
I. n. country overgrown with thick bushes.Henry Kingsley's explanation (1859), that the word means...
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mulga-apple
n. a gall formed on theMulga-tree, Acacia aneura, F. v. M. (q.v.). See also Apple. 1889. J. H. Mai...
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mulga-down
n. hills covered with Mulga. 1890. Rolf Boldrewood, `Colonial Reformer,' c. xvii. p. 201: «Fascin...
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mulga-grass
n. an Australian grass, Danthonia penicillata, F. v. M.; also Neurachnemitchelliana, Nees. See also...
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mulga-studded
adj. with Mulga growing hereand there. 1890. Rolf Boldrewood, `Colonial Reformer,' c. xvii. p. 201...
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red mulga
n. name given to a species ofAcacia, A. cyperophylla, F. v. M., owing to the redcolour of the flake...
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mallee-scrub
n. the «scrub,» or thicket,formed by the Mallee (q.v.). 1893. A. R. Wallace, `Australasia,' vol. i...
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scrub-bird
n. name given to two Australianbirds, of the genus Atrichia. (Grk. 'atrichos= without hair.) They ar...
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scrub-cattle
n. escaped cattle that run wild in the scrub, used as a collective plural of Scrubber (q.v.). 1860...
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scrub-crab
n. a Queensland fruit. The largedark purple fruit, two inches in diameter, of Sideroxylonaustrale, ...
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scrub-dangler
n. a wild bullock. 1890. Rolf Boldrewood, `Colonial Reformer,' c. xvi. p. 193: «He is one of thos...
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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scrub-rider
n. a man who rides through the scrub in search of Scrub-cattle (q.v.). 1881. A. C. Giant, `Bush Li...
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scrub-robin
n. the modern name for any birdof the genus Drymodes. 1848. J. Gould, `Birds of Australia,' vol. i...
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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scrub-tree
n. any tree that grows in the scrub. 1847. L. Leichhardt, `Overland Expedition,' p. 219: «Almost ...
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scrub-turkey
n. an Australian bird, Leipoaocellata, Gould; aboriginal name, the Lowan (q.v.).See Turkey. ...
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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scrub-wren
n. any little bird of theAustralian genus Sericornis. The species are – – Brown Scrub-Wren – – Seri...
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris