mallee

Meaning

Noun

• A type of scrubland with low-growing thick eucalypts, characteristic of certain parts of Australia.
• Any semi-desert region of Australia where such scrub is the predominant vegetation.
• Any of several low-growing eucalypts characteristic of such scrubland, especially Eucalyptus dumosa (species), Eucalyptus oleosa (species), and Eucalyptus socialis (species).
• The growth habit of certain eucalypt species that grow with multiple stems springing from an underground lignotuber, shared by species of related genera.
• Alternate spelling of mali.

Origin

• Probably borrowed from Wemba-Wemba mali; compare Woiwurrung mali.
• See mali.