myall

[ mahy-awl ]

/ ˈmaɪ ɔl /

noun

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

Nearby words

my-, my-my, myalgia, myalgic encephalopathy, myalism, myall, myanmar, myasis, myasthenia, myasthenia gravis, myasthenic

Origin of myall

1835–45; apparently to be identified with myall wild, uncivilized < Dharuk miyal stranger, Aborigine from another tribe

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Examples from the Web for myall

The country near the watercourses is wooded with myall, western-wood acacia, and Port Curtis sandalwood.
Journal of Landsborough's Expedition from Carpentaria|William Landsborough
As if you wouldn't have smelt a myall long before I could even see him!
Rodman The Boatsteerer And Other Stories|Louis Becke
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
The vegetation of this district is poor; the myall is scarce, but the mulga (Acacia aneura) generally plentiful.
Explorations in Australia, The Journals of John McDouall Stuart|John McDouall Stuart

In the summer-time there were sharks in Myall Creek, but I had never seen them there in the spring.
The Record of Nicholas Freydon|A. J. (Alec John) Dawson

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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