Mallee

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

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

   “Large areas of mallee shrublands are now either reserved specifically for biodiversity conservation or else managed sympathetically. Fire is a prominent feature of the semi-arid lands in general and the mallee shrublands in particular.”

2. isim Any semi-desert region of Australia where such scrub is the predominant vegetation.

   “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.”

3. isim Any of several low-growing eucalypts characteristic of such scrubland, especially Eucalyptus dumosa, Eucalyptus oleosa, and Eucalyptus socialis.

   “The water-yielding Eucalyptus is one of the many species which pass under the name of Eucalyptus Dumosa, extending from the desert tributaries of the Murray, westward, as far as Swan River, constituting those almost impenetrable scrubs called Malleè.”

4. isim The growth habit of certain eucalypt species that grow with multiple stems springing from an underground lignotuber, shared by species of related genera.
5. isim Alternative spelling of mali (“a member of a caste in South Asia whose traditional occupation is gardening; hence, any South Asian gardener”).
6. özel isim A locality in the Wentworth council area, south western New South Wales, Australia.
7. özel isim A region of Victoria, Australia.
8. özel isim An electoral division in Victoria, Australia.