mallee

American  

[mal-ee] / ˈmæl i /

noun

1. any of various dwarf Australian eucalyptuses, as Eucalyptus dumosa and E. oleosa, that sometimes form large tracts of brushwood.

2. the brushwood itself.

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mallee British  

/ ˈmæliː /

noun

1. any of several low shrubby eucalyptus trees that flourish in desert regions of Australia

2. informal another name for the bush 1

3. See mallee root

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Etymology

Origin of mallee

First recorded in 1840–50; from Wergaia (an Australian Aboriginal language spoken in the Wimmera area, Victoria) mali

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Example Sentences

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mallee

"I discovered the species while surveying a rare plant in the Goldfields and noticed this bee visiting both the endangered wildflower and a nearby mallee tree," Dr. Prendergast said.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 25, 2025

She was at the house she built, surrounded by mallee trees and filled with prints of her own wildlife photographs: grizzly bears from a trip to Alaska, a small chameleon on an electric-green leaf.

From New York Times ● Apr. 25, 2019

The mallee is just high enough to render it impossible for a man on horseback to look over it.

From Australian Pictures Drawn with Pen and Pencil by Howard Willoughby

Just as the mallee farmer is dependent on his annual wheat harvest, so the remarkable colony of people living on Cape Barren Island is entirely dependent on the annual Mutton-Bird harvest.

From An Australian Bird Book A Pocket Book for Field Use by John Albert Leach

No surface water is to be obtained in the mallee district; its silence is only disturbed by the melancholy wail of the dingo.

From Australian Pictures Drawn with Pen and Pencil by Howard Willoughby

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