myall

American  

[mahy-awl] / ˈmaɪ ɔl /

noun

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

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myall British  

/ ˈmaɪəl /

noun

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

2. a native Australian living independently of society

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Etymology

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”

Example Sentences

She fell in love with a particular twisted and wind-bent Western myall tree on Australia’s Nullarbor Plain.

From New York Times • Sep. 25, 2014

The country near the watercourses is wooded with myall, western-wood acacia, and Port Curtis sandalwood.

From Journal of Landsborough's Expedition from Carpentaria In search of Burke and Wills by Landsborough, William

I concluded that he had returned to his own tribe; and that he had been unwilling to acknowledge to me his dread of the myall tribes.

From Three Expeditions into the Interior of Eastern Australia, Volume 1 by Mitchell, Thomas

At ten miles struck another myall and gum creek of the same description as the others, coming from the range; no water.

From Explorations in Australia The Journals of John McDouall Stuart by Stuart, John McDouall

For some considerable distance back it has been an open timbered country; plenty of myall and useful white butt gum; drainage as yet all to the east and slightly north.

From McKinlay's Journal of Exploration in the Interior of Australia by McKinlay, John