Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Any one of several species of Acacia, as the Victorian myall, Acacia homalophylla, the weeping myall or boree, A. pendula, and A. linifolia. See
myall andboree .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A species of
acacia tree found commonly in Australia, scientific name Acacia omalophylla
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Examples
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So we passed the cattle and rode quietly along the road till we saw his dogcart coming; then we stopped inside a yarran scrub, just as he came by — a square-built man he seemed to be, muffled up in a big rough coat.
Robbery Under Arms 2004
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ACACIA PENDULA or myall, the brigalow, the mulga, and yarran.
The History of Australian Exploration from 1788 to 1888 Ernest Favenc 1876
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So we passed the cattle and rode quietly along the road till we saw his dogcart coming; then we stopped inside a yarran scrub, just as he came by -- a square-built man he seemed to be, muffled up in a big rough coat.
Robbery under Arms; a story of life and adventure in the bush and in the Australian goldfields Rolf Boldrewood 1870
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