Sallee

//sæliː// name, noun

Definitions

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

Etymology

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

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