myall

[ mahy-awl ]

/ ˈmaɪ ɔl /

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noun

any of several Australian acacias, especially Acacia pendula(weeping myall ), having gray foliage and drooping branches.

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Origin of myall

First recorded in 1835–45; apparently to be identified with myall “wild, uncivilized,” from Dharuk miyal “stranger, Aboriginal person from another tribe”

Words nearby myall

Mx, my, myalgia, myalgic encephalopathy, myalism, myall, Myambutol, Myanmar, My Antonia, myasis, myasthenia

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How to use myall in a sentence

I can ride anything—anything that ever was lapped in horsehide—swim like a musk-duck, and track like a Myall blackfellow.
Robbery Under Arms|Thomas Alexander Browne, AKA Rolf Boldrewood
I don't know that it greatly mattered if that Myall's spear had gone through me, as it did through poor Williamson.
The Crooked Stick|Rolf Boldrewood
As if you wouldn't have smelt a myall long before I could even see him!
Rodman The Boatsteerer And Other Stories|Louis Becke
At 6.43 made one mile south to a clump of trees resembling myall, which I have seen before to the west of Rockhampton.
Journal of Landsborough's Expedition from Carpentaria|William Landsborough

Towards the river the country is wooded with a kind of myall, but not the drooping acacia.
Journal of Landsborough's Expedition from Carpentaria|William Landsborough

British Dictionary definitions for myall

myall

/ (ˈmaɪəl) /

noun

any of several Australian acacias, esp Acacia pendula, having hard scented wood used for fences

a native Australian living independently of society

Word Origin for myall

C19: from a native Australian name

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