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melaleuca en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˌmɛləˈluːkə/ (US)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *melh₂-der. Proto-Indo-European *mélh₂ns Proto-Hellenic *mélans Ancient Greek μέλας (mélas) Proto-Indo-European *lewk- Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *lewkós Proto-Hellenic *leukós Ancient Greek λευκός (leukós) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-ā́ Ancient Greek -ᾱ (-ā) Ancient Greek -η (-ē) Translingual Melaleucabor. English melaleuca Borrowed from Translingual Melaleuca.

Meanings

1. 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:

Forms

Deriveds

melaleuca oil

Translations (8)

cmn 千層樹 /千层树 (any member of the genus Melaleuca) · fr melaleuca (any member of the genus Melaleuca) · it melaleuca (any member of the genus Melaleuca) · vi tràm (any member of the genus Melaleuca) · ru ча́йное де́рево (any member of the genus Melaleuca) · ja メラルーカ (any member of the genus Melaleuca) · fi kaarnamyrtti (any member of the genus Melaleuca) · ru мелале́ука (any member of the genus Melaleuca)