brigalow
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of brigalow
C19: from a native Australian language
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It contained abundance of transparent water, a continuous channel, rocky bed, and, instead of brigalow, there grew on its banks a thick crop of strong grass, and much verdure.
From Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia by Thomas Mitchell
The brigalow scrub was about half a mile in length, and stood between the swamp and the high river bank.
From In The Far North 1901 by Louis Becke
The scrub we met with on the rising ground, consisted of the verdant bushes in rosewood scrubs, and we next found brigalow all dead, with a rich crop of grass growing amongst the dead stems.
From Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia by Thomas Mitchell
The river had a singular tendency to spread into little channels within a belt of brigalow scrub.
From Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia by Thomas Mitchell
The whole day was lost, however, in toiling through a brigalow scrub.
From Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia by Thomas Mitchell
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