Mallee

Quick meaning: Mallee is a noun meaning (Australia) A type of scrubland with low-growing thick eucalypts, characteristic of certain parts of Australia.

Meaning

(Australia) A type of scrubland with low-growing thick eucalypts, characteristic of certain parts of Australia.

More Meanings

1. (Australia) Any semi-desert region of Australia where such scrub is the predominant vegetation.
2. (Australia) Any of several low-growing eucalypts characteristic of such scrubland, especially Eucalyptus dumosa, Eucalyptus oleosa, and Eucalyptus socialis.
3. (botany, Australia) The growth habit of certain eucalypt species that grow with multiple stems springing from an underground lignotuber, shared by species of related genera.
4. (India, South Asia) Alternative spelling of mali (“a member of a caste in South Asia whose traditional occupation is gardening; hence, any South Asian gardener”).

Example Sentences

'They're going to lynch you, Regerson,' Harry told him, grinning. 'You'd better take to the mallee before they come for you.'

From the mallee and kurrajong trees came a rowdy chatter of parakeets, while queer soughing of air-currents came from the valley top.

Although not totally destitute of animal life, in the summer season very few living creatures, beyond innumerable tribes of insects, are to be found within the Mallee.

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.

Word Forms

• mallees

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include scrub, sallee, mulga, mugga, marlock, messmate.

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