Mallee

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·add. ·noun Scrub or thicket formed by the mallee.

II. Mallee ·add. ·noun A dwarf Australian eucalypt with a number of thin stems springing from a thickened stock. The most common species are Eucalyptus dumosa and E. Gracilis.

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mallee
n. and adj. an aboriginal word.Any one of several scrubby species of Eucalyptus in the desertparts ...

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Mallee bird
·- The leipoa. ·see <<Leipoa>>. ...

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mallee-bird
n. an Australian bird, Leipoaocellata, Gould. Aboriginal name, the Lowan (q.v.);see Turkey. ...

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mallee-fowl
n. Same as mallee-bird (q.v.). ...

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mallee-hen
n. Same as mallee-bird (q.v.). 1890. `Victorian Statutes-Game Act, Third Schedule': [Close Season...

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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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