mallee

noun

mal·​lee ˈma-lē 

1

: any of various low-growing shrubby Australian eucalypts (such as Eucalyptus dumosa and E. oleosa)

2

: a dense thicket or growth of mallees

also : land covered by such growth

Word History

Etymology

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

First Known Use

1845, in the meaning defined at sense 1