melaleuca
any of various chiefly Australian shrubs or trees belonging to the genus Melaleuca, of the myrtle family, including the cajeput and several species of bottlebrush.
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How to use melaleuca in a sentence
The area is a disturbed wetland, invaded by non-native melaleuca trees that have crowded out native flora and fauna.
The soil was excellent, and the brushes behind us abounded with a new species of melaleuca.
Oil of cajeput, is prepared in the Moluccas, by distilling the dry leaves of the melaleuca leucadendron.
A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines | Andrew UreThe principal channel of the creek was lined with a species of melaleuca, with slightly foliacious bark.
Journal of an Overland Expedition in Australia | Ludwig LeichhardtThe Casuarina, which likes a light sandy soil, disappeared at the same time, and was succeeded by the narrow-leaved melaleuca.
Journal of an Overland Expedition in Australia | Ludwig Leichhardt
A melaleuca with very small decussate leaves, a tree about twenty-five feet high, was growing on the scrubby ridges.
Journal of an Overland Expedition in Australia | Ludwig Leichhardt
British Dictionary definitions for melaleuca
/ (ˌmɛləˈluːkə) /
any shrub or tree of the mostly Australian myrtaceous genus Melaleuca, found in sandy or swampy regions
Origin of melaleuca
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