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Lignotuber vs Mallee - What's the difference?

lignotuber | mallee |

In botany|lang=en terms the difference between lignotuber and mallee

is that lignotuber is (botany) a starchy enlargement (caudex), usually of a root, of a woody plant, serving to store water while mallee is (botany) the growth habit of certain eucalypt species that grow with multiple stems springing from an underground lignotuber, shared by species of related genera.

As nouns the difference between lignotuber and mallee

is that lignotuber is (botany) a starchy enlargement (caudex), usually of a root, of a woody plant, serving to store water while mallee is a type of scrubland with low-growing thick eucalypts, characteristic of certain parts of australia.

lignotuber

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (botany) A starchy enlargement (caudex), usually of a root, of a woody plant, serving to store water.

    • mallee

    English

    (wikipedia mallee)

    Noun

    (en 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.
  • *1958 , EO Schlunke, The Village Hampden :
  • *:‘They're going to lynch you, Regerson,’ Harry told him, grinning. ‘You'd better take to the mallee before they come for you.’
  • *1985 , (Peter Carey), Illywhacker , Faber and Faber 2003, p. 365:
  • *: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.
  • Any of several low-growing eucalypts characteristic of such scrubland, especially
  • (botany) The growth habit of certain eucalypt species that grow with multiple stems springing from an underground lignotuber, shared by species of related genera.

    • Derived terms

    * (mallee ringneck) * (mallee roller) * mallee soil ----