myall

[ mahy-awl ]

noun

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

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

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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

Origin of myall

C19: from a native Australian name

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