melaleuca
US/ˌmɛləˈluːkə/
melaleuca noun: any member of the genus Melaleuca of shrubs and trees in the myrtle family.
Noun
melaleuca (plural melaleucas)
- Any member of the genus Melaleuca of shrubs and trees in the myrtle family.
- From November to February, the usually sombre olive green bush is a palette of pink heath, cream and mauve melaleuca, gold hibbertias, snug on the ground, pale blue iris, the swashbuckling scarlet and orange blandfordia lily, and Hewardia tasmanica, the mountain purple iris.1973, Patsy Adam Smith, The Barcoo Salute, Adelaide: Rigby, page 29
- [H]e passed on, upsetting nothing, completely unnoticed by the peewee birds and crows resting in the silent melaleuca trees and paperbark woodland […]2006, Alexis Wright, Carpentaria, Giramondo, published 2012, page 294
melaleuca meaning in Vietnamese
melaleuca in Vietnamese
- any member of the genus Melaleuca
- tràm
Forms of melaleuca
| plural | melaleucas |
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Origin of melaleuca
Borrowed from Translingual Melaleuca.
Words formed from melaleuca
Phrases with melaleuca
Questions about melaleuca
- What does melaleuca mean?
- Melaleuca means any member of the genus Melaleuca of shrubs and trees in the myrtle family.
- What is melaleuca in Vietnamese?
- Melaleuca in Vietnamese is tràm. See Melaleuca meaning in Vietnamese.
- What part of speech is melaleuca?
- Melaleuca is a noun.
- How do you pronounce melaleuca?
- Melaleuca is pronounced /ˌmɛləˈluːkə/ (US).
- What is the plural of melaleuca?
- The plural of melaleuca is melaleucas.
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