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

They rode several miles to a little lake and a scrub of brigalow, and, dismounting, soon had exciting sport.

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He had found Billy nursing Eversofar in the shade of a stunted brigalow, while Bingong was away hunting for water.

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The brigalow scrub was about half a mile in length, and stood between the swamp and the high river bank.

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

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It was still, however, enveloped in a narrow belt of brigalow.

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