As a noun mallee
is a type of scrubland with low-growing thick eucalypts, characteristic of certain parts of australia.
As a verb malle is
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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
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malle English
Alternative forms
* maul, mall, and mawle.
Noun
( en noun)
A heavy hammer or beetle, often made of wood or lead.
* 1786 : The is also an entry of two hundred Malles in a store house at Berwick. — Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons , page 52.
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