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sallee

/sæliː/

sallee noun: any of various wattles (acacia trees).

Noun

sallee (plural sallees)

  1. (Australia) Any of various wattles (acacia trees).
  2. (Australia) Any of various eucalypts.
    • Black sallee is most common adjacent to creeks and flats in mountainous, tableland country.2006, D. J. Boland, M. I. H. Brooker, G. M. Chippendale, N. Hall, B. P. M. Hyland, R.D. Johnston, D. A. Kleinig, M. W. McDonald, J. D. Turner, Forest Trees of Australia, CSIRO, page 556
    • In colder regions, mountain gums and white sallees – the beautiful twisted snow gums – occur.2009, Andrew Bain, Ethan Gelber, Cycling Australia, page 136

Proper noun capitalized: Sallee

Sallee

  1. A surname.
  2. (alternative) Alternative spelling of Salé, a coastal town near Rabat in north-western Morocco.

Forms of sallee

pluralsallees
alternative formsally

Origin of sallee

Transferative use of sally, dialectal variant of sallow (“willow”).

Words formed from sallee

Phrases with sallee

Questions about sallee

What does sallee mean?
Sallee means any of various wattles (acacia trees).
What part of speech is sallee?
Sallee can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce sallee?
Sallee is pronounced /sæliː/.
What is the plural of sallee?
The plural of sallee is sallees.

Words near sallee in the dictionary

  1. sallary
  2. sallat
  3. sallats
  4. salle
  5. salle d'armes
  6. sallee
  7. Sallee rover
  8. Sallee rovers
  9. sallee wattle
  10. sallee wattles
  11. Sallee-man

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