noun
mallee
Mallee (noun) means a kind of Australian scrubland covered in short, dense eucalyptus trees.
noun
1
A kind of Australian scrubland covered in short, dense eucalyptus trees.
"Large areas of mallee shrublands are now either reserved specifically for biodiversity conservation or else managed sympathetically. Fire is a prominent feature of the semi-arid lands in general and the mallee shrublands in particular."
— Ross A. Bradstock, Fire Regimes and Biodiversity in Semi-arid Mallee Ecosystems (2002)
2
Any part of Australia's semi-desert where this kind of scrub is the main plant cover.
"It made no difference that he had also invented several ploughs and a device for grubbing Mallee country or that people had journeyed all the way from Melbourne to inspect them."
— Peter Carey (1985)
3
A small eucalyptus tree that grows in thick, low scrub, especially in parts of Australia.
"It was almost dark by the time we reached a small rocky hill, its boulders bursting with the white plumes of spinifex in flower, and a black fuzz of leafless mallee bush."
— Bruce Chatwin, The Songlines (1987)
4
A pattern of growth in which several stems shoot up from a swollen underground base, seen in certain eucalypts and related trees.
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Etymology
Probably borrowed from Wemba-Wemba mali; compare Woiwurrung mali.
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What is the meaning of mallee?
"mallee" (noun) means a kind of Australian scrubland covered in short, dense eucalyptus trees.
What are the different meanings of mallee?
"mallee" has 3 main meanings: 1. A kind of Australian scrubland covered in short, dense eucalyptus trees; 2. Any part of Australia's semi-desert where this kind of scrub is the main plant cover; 3. A small eucalyptus tree that grows in thick, low scrub, especially in parts of Australia.
