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Sallee
//sæliː// name, noun
Definitions
Proper Noun
- 1 A surname.
- 2 Alternative spelling of Salé, a coastal town near Rabat in north-western Morocco. alt-of, alternative
Noun
- 1 Any of various wattles (acacia trees). Australia
- 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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