Sallee

//sæliː// name, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Any of various wattles (acacia trees). Australia
  2. 2
    Any of various eucalypts. Australia

    "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, Black sallee is most common adjacent to creeks and flats in mountainous, tableland country."

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

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"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, Black sallee is most common adjacent to creeks and flats in mountainous, tableland country."

Etymology

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

Related phrases

Buffalo salleeSallee roverSallee-manblack salleesallee wattlewhite sallee

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