melaleuca

See also: Melaleuca

English

Etymology

From genus name Melaleuca.

Pronunciation

(US) IPA^(key): /ˌmɛləˈluːkə/

Noun

melaleuca (plural melaleucas)

(botany) Any member of the genus Melaleuca of shrubs and trees in the myrtle family.
- 2006, Alexis Wright, Carpentaria, Giramondo, published 2012, page 294:
  [H]e passed on, upsetting nothing, completely unnoticed by the peewee birds and crows resting in the silent melaleuca trees and paperbark woodland […]

Translations

any member of the genus Melaleuca

Chinese:
Mandarin: 千層樹／千层树 (qiāncéngshù)
Finnish: kaarnamyrtti (fi)
Russian: ча́йное де́рево (ru) n (čájnoje dérevo), мелале́ука f (melaléuka)
Vietnamese: tràm (vi)

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