Main Entry: mal·lee

Pronunciation: \ˈma-lē\

Function: noun

Etymology: probably from Wemba-Wemba (Australian aboriginal language of western Victoria) mali

Date: 1845

1 : any of various low-growing shrubby Australian eucalypts (as Eucalyptus dumosa and E. oleosa)
2 : a dense thicket or growth of mallees; also : land covered by such growth