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coolabah

American

[koo-luh-bah] / ˈku ləˌbɑ /

Or coolibah

noun

any of several Australian gum trees of the genus Eucalyptus, especially E. microtheca, abundant along riverbanks and having sickle-shaped leaves and wrinkled, cracked bark.

coolabah British

/ ˈkuːləˌbɑː /

noun

an Australian myrtaceous tree, Eucalyptus microtheca, that grows along rivers and has smooth bark and long narrow leaves

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Etymology

Origin of coolabah

First recorded in 1885–90, coolabah is from the Kamilaroi word gulabā

Example Sentences

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Here, under a fine coolabah, I discovered a neatly fenced-in grave.

From A Crime of the Under-seas by Boothby, Guy Newell

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