mallee Synonyms
Another word for mallee
• noun (Context 1)
Any of various low-growing, shrubby Australian eucalyptus trees (genus Eucalyptus, family Myrtaceae) that produce multiple slender stems arising from a single large underground lignotuber, adapted to survive drought and bushfires in semi-arid regions.
"After the bushfire swept through the reserve, the resilient eucalypt quickly sprouted fresh green shoots from its underground rootstock."
• noun (Context 2)
Arid or semi-arid scrubland and bushland in southern and western Australia dominated by dense thickets of multi-stemmed eucalyptus shrubs.
"The conservationists spent weeks surveying the wildlife that inhabits the dry scrubland of northwestern Victoria."
• noun (Context 3)
Short for malleefowl (Leipoa ocellata), a stocky, ground-dwelling Australian mound-building bird of the family Megapodiidae that inhabits semi-arid eucalyptus scrubland and incubates its eggs inside large heaps of decaying vegetation and sandy soil.
"The ranger pointed out the massive earthen incubation mound built by a pair of mallees deep within the scrub."